Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:15:10 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: William Leigh Subject: Re: new bins MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rick, Are these the Nikon roof prism 8x32s that came out about a year ago or is this a newer glass. I have been looking for a good 8x32 glass that I could use. Last few years I have had problems with my right wrist. My thinking was that lighter would be better. But I have not found anything that completely satisfied me. The Leica 8x32s are excellent but optically inferior to my present glass 8x42 Leica. The EL 8x32s I haven't seen yet but expectations are high and their price is somewhat inhibiting. The Nikon 32's I tried about a year ago. They seemed great optically but they had a strange grip molded into the plastic that I guess either fits or doesnt and it didn't. Nikon Superior Es eye relief is too long for my eyes. So if there is a new nikon 8x32 I would certainly want to know about it. William Leigh Leightern@aol.com Winchester VA ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================