P3D Re: PePax challenge # 1

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> One example is using binoculars.  They offer a magnified view but a 
> stereo base close to normal.  There is a lack of depth in the image.

Do I properly assume that the reason binoculars (other than the real
cheapies) have the lenses further apart  in the front than where one
looks into 'em for the purpose of "correcting" depth perception for the
user, or is there some other optical reason it's done and it "just happens"
to do this as well?

Mike K.


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