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October 17, 2019 at 11:29 am #14323908
Tim Murray
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Without delving into minutia, there are 72 points to an inch or 2.84 points per millimeter, so 3 mm would be 8.5 points and 5 mm would be 14.2. Pixels vary among targets and (in my humble opinion) are not reliable.

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