Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:33:55 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elliot Kirschbaum Subject: Re: new bins In-Reply-To: <104.40034967.2d6ff41e@aol.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit on 2/26/04 8:15 PM, William Leigh at LeighTern@AOL.COM wrote: > 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. When Nancy was looking to buy new bins recently, we tried just about all the new Swarovskis, Nikons, Leicas, and Zeiss. She ahd the same trouble with the Nikon 32s that you did. It just did not fit her hand. Finally, she tried the Nikon 8x42s, which she had shied away from because of the apparent weight. They fit her hands perfectly, and optically they can't be beat. Suddenly, the weight did not seem a factor at all. She bought the Nikon LX 8x42s and has been in birder heaven ever since. So, if your problem with the 32s was how they fit, or failed to fit, your hand, try the 42s. You may be surprised at how good the feel. Elliot Kirschbaum Baltimore, MD USA ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================