Comparison between porro prisms and roof prisms
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Characteristic
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Porro Prism
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Roof Prism
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Optical path turning angle
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180° (parallel and reverse beam)
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180° (parallel and reverse beam)
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The direction of the image
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Reverse left and right (keep up and down)
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Completely upright (without mirror image inversion)
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Number of reflection
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Four times (two total internal reflections ×2 prisms)
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5-6 times (including two reflections on the ridge surface)
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Effective transmission
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>99% (pure TIR, no coating required)
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90-95% (phase correction film coating is required)
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Aberration type
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No image rotation and slight color difference
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Phase error may be introduced (P-coating correction is required)
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Optical path length
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Length (approximately 2√2× prism side length)
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Shorter (more compact in structure)
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