rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising) (08/17/89)
Kowa scopes are great, but they're very expensive. I'd urge anyone to try to use 10X binoculars if you can. I know that the conventional wisdom is that 7X are best, but I and many others that I know use 10X without difficulty, and find the extra magnification to be useful--so you might like to try them out before you rush out and purchase 7Xs. Migration here not yet moving much. --Jim Rising -- Name: Jim Rising Mail: Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1 UUCP: uunet!attcan!utzoo!rising BITNET: rising@utzoo.utoronto.bitnet
dune@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Greg Pasquariello) (08/18/89)
In article <1989Aug17.164037.22567@utzoo.uucp> rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising) writes: |Kowa scopes are great, but they're very expensive. I'd urge |anyone to try to use 10X binoculars if you can. I know that |the conventional wisdom is that 7X are best, but I and many others |that I know use 10X without difficulty, and find the extra |magnification to be useful--so you might like to try them out |before you rush out and purchase 7Xs. | |Migration here not yet moving much. | |--Jim Rising I think that depends somewhat on the binoc. I wouldn't rush out and by $30 (or even $100) 10x binox, because the image they give is often distorted. Most times, they even provide a wonderful colored halo around the bird, especially at a distance (for a while I though I was psychic :-)). I had used a pair of Bushnell 10x binox for years, while I saved my pennies for a pair of Zeiss 10x. Then, I went to buy them, and while waiting for the salesman to come out, I peeked into a pair of Leitz 7x. I have been using my Leitz for about a year now, and I have been as happy as a clam. It turned out that the brightness and distortion free image MORE than made up for the lesser power, and I have a larger field of view too (a special consideration, since I bird with glasses on). Greg Pasquariello att!picuxa!gpasq