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Larger in diameter. The human eye can open to a maximum of about 7mm. Calculate the area of that, and compare it with a 50 diamter mm lens. (A=pi*r^2). Where 3.5 = radius of the pupil and: 25 = radius of the lens pi * 3.5^2 mm = 21.99 mm ^2 (area of a pupil in the dark) pi* 25^2mm = 1963.5 mm^2

Therefore, a 50 mm lens would have 89.29 more light grasp than the eye.

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