On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Cory or Brenda Waters wrote:

> I have a pair of binoculars and I now have FIVE K mount lenses (three
> are Pentax). In a nutshell, if possible, why are the binoculars so
> much brighter than my lenses?

Possibly because the light isn't being deflected by a mirror so it can
pass through a focusing screen, bounce around a pentaprism for a while,
and then pass through a viewfinder?  Not to mention all the glass in the
lens.  I'd guess that it had to do with the focusing screen somehow.

chris
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