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AussieMike
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Re: Help - Sights are Blurry
31/10/04 11:11 PM

The brighter the light - the sharper the sights. Just like stopping down a camera lens the eyes depth of field increases as the pupil gets smaller (which it does in bright light).

Like many of us, I tend to practice in the middle of the day. When I went over to doubles from scope sighted rifles I practiced a lot. then, when I shot my first goat in the forest at dusk I realised that the sights were not nearly as clear as in practice (and it was a white goat).

I now have a bit of a shoot at dusk most days at the farm (I can shoot off my deck, or, if my wife's away, through the open lounge room door - but not the 470 - things fall off the wall.

Another thing I find helps is wearing dard sunglasses when moving in and out of heavy scrub. The eye adapts to bright light by making the pupil smaller, letting less light in, and also by destroying pigments in the retina to make the retina less light sensitive. The pigment is destroyed in a minute or so but takes 15 minutes to build up when entering darker areas. Thus, by judiciously taking off and putting on your "sunnies" you can maintain good vision in less well lit areas.

mike

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Help - Sights are Blurry	Palmer	15/10/04 11:22 AM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	nitro476	28/10/04 01:41 AM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	NE450No2	19/10/04 05:48 AM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	atkinson6	26/10/04 02:38 AM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	4seventy	28/10/04 02:30 PM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	atkinson6	29/10/04 07:54 AM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	AussieMike	31/10/04 11:11 PM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	unspellable	02/11/04 09:15 AM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	Palmer	17/10/04 01:22 AM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	CopperCountry	17/10/04 11:57 PM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	hubel458	15/10/04 06:53 PM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	DoubleD	16/10/04 01:33 AM
Re: Help - Sights are Blurry	mickey	15/10/04 01:22 PM

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