Frequently Asked Questions

Light enters the large face of the prism, hits the roof, and exits again through the large face after total internal reflection twice from the roof. An image traveling through a Porro prism is rotated by 180 degrees but not inverted.

A Porro prism is a type of reflection prism used to alter the orientation of an image.

Porro prisms can be made from materials such as N-BK7 and Fused Silica.

Porro prisms can be uncoated or have AR coating, among other options.

The deviation of a Porro prism is less than 10 arc seconds.

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