Editing Binoculars (section)

=== General use ===
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[[File:Tower Optical Binoculars.jpg|thumb|[[Tower Optical]] coin-operated binocular tower viewers]]

Hand-held binoculars range from small 3&nbsp;×&nbsp;10 Galilean [[opera glasses]], used in [[theater]]s, to glasses with 7 to 12 times magnification and 30 to 50&nbsp;mm diameter objectives for typical outdoor use.

Compact or pocket binoculars are small light binoculars suitable for daytime use. Most compact binoculars feature magnifications of 7× to 10×, and objective diameter sizes of a relatively modest 20&nbsp;mm to 25&nbsp;mm, resulting in small exit pupil sizes limiting low light suitability. Roof prism designs tend to be narrower and more compact than equivalent Porro prism designs. Thus, compact binoculars are mostly roof prism designs. The telescope tubes of compact binoculars can often be folded closely to each other to radically reduce the binocular's volume when not in use, for easy carriage and storage.

Many [[tourist attraction]]s have installed pedestal-mounted, coin-operated binocular [[tower viewer]]s to allow visitors to obtain a closer view of the attraction.