Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 05:09:13 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Frank Boyle Subject: Re: RFI: need info on economical binoculars In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marshall, I recommend the Nikon Action Series. You can get 7 x 35s for about $150.00 or 10 x 50s for a little more. I started out birding with an extremely heavy pair of Nikon 10 x 50 Lookout IIs over 15 years ago, and they served me well. They cost $96.00 in 1986 and I would STILL put them up against any of the pricey roof prisms or porros out there today. Simply put, Nikon has the best optical glass in the world (no, they didn't pay me to say this!!). Best of luck, Frank Boyle ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================