A flat piece of heat-absorbing glass is often placed in the light path between the condensing lens and the slide, to avoid damaging the latter.
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The reticle collimation optics are situated at 90?to the optical path making lighting difficult, usually needing additional electric illumination, condensing lenses, etc . A more compact type replaces the lens / beam splitter configuration with a half silvered or red dot type used on small arms.