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I was just scrolling thru eBay looking at mini prisms and noticed this description for the offsets on these Chinese jobs. They are like the Leica GMP 111 setup and some appear to use the standard 0/30 offsets, such as the one listed here. Why would the offset change if using a Leica gun vs. others?

I checked out a few others and they have similar quotes.

Screenshot 2020 06 02 New Mini Prism with 4 Poles For Total Station , the prism constant= 0  30mm eBay

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Posted : June 2, 2020 9:42 am
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Posted by: @beartow

Why would the offset change if using a Leica gun vs. others?

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Because a long time ago Leica defined the offset of their standard prism as 0 to enter in the gun, even though that was 34.4 mm from what a flat reflector would need.

 
Posted : June 2, 2020 10:03 am
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@bill93 Thanks Bill, invariably, you always seem to have the right answer...

 
Posted : June 2, 2020 11:34 am