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Practice question

Question

Closing iris diaphragm too much causes diffraction and loss of resolution because:

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Explanation

Iris controls condenser NA. Over-closing lowers effective NA, increases contrast but introduces diffraction artifacts and reduces resolving power. Optimal ~70-80% open.