Binoculars

[twowheels]

You are going to love them Jim. Enjoy.

[sk_tle]

While we are talking about binoculars, I get really irritated by the cinema film convention of putting a double circle mask around a scene to indicate that it is being viewed through binoculars. Correctly set up binoculars give a circular view not one constricted in the centre, which is the part of the field of view one should be most interested in.

Cinema and video production in general needs conventions to convey ideas. I am not shocked even if it is not "realistic".

[claritycycler]

A bit of basic info on multi-coatings and glass type in binoculars aka The Minefield: Advertising Hype in Binoculars

http://www.binocularsky.com/binoc_minefield.php