Date:         Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:33:16 -0800
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From:         Marcus James <marcusjames2@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: new bins
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    Hi Rick
 A pair of binos that I just got last Tuesday are 8x32
roofs. Of course they are just made by BSA, and are
much, much less expensive than those Nikon Venturers.
But they still have very good optics and eye relief
for their price, and not too small to be used as my
main pair. I was afraid at first that they would not
be better than a compact pair, but they work fine. And
I'm sure that those Nikon 8x32s will be even better.
Marcus James
 --- Rick Sussman <Warblerick@AOL.COM> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  Finally after more than 30 years of birding, and
> having been through pairs
> of various binoculars, I have finally purchased what
> I hope will be my last. I
> have been using Swift Audubon 8.5x44's for more than
> a dozen years (in various
> incarnations), and before that a worthy pair of
> Bushnell 8x42's. Now I have
> made the move to a smaller, lighter pair of NIKON
> 8x32 Premier LX's. My biggest
> fear before I ordered them was if I would be able to
> see well enough in low
> light conditions in early morning or dusk, or
> overcasr weather.
>
> They just arrived last night so I will give them a
> good workout for the next
> few days and report back. So far they seem to be
> excellent. My choice was made
> after a long-time birding friend and optics hound
> bought himself the Nikon
> 8x42 LX's. I immedietely liked them, except they
> were very heavy and had too
> narrow a field for me. I didn't want to move up in
> weight, nor lose much field of
> view, as I do a lot of close-in warbler watching. I
> told him that when Nikon
> made something lighter and with a wider field, they
> would have my attention.
> Well, they did.
>
> Any one else out there use mid-size bins (8x28-32's)
> as their regular
> full-time birding bins? How do you like them in
> lower than normal light conditions?
> Reviews?
>
> Rick Sussman
> Ashton,MD
> warblerick@aol.com
>
>
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