After years of buying and using mediocre optics I finally decided to go out and buy a good pair of Steiners. Once you've owned good optics, it's impossible to go back to the medium grade Pentaxes and Nikons. Even my 13 and 12 year olds don't like em! cya -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Hal Levine Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 4:57 PM To: James Lofton Cc: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Waterproof Binoculars I have been very satisfied with my waterproof binoculars that I have from Cabela's. They have taken several real dunkings and have been on extended wet trips. The good news is that they are inexpensive. But they seem a little heavy and definitely don't float. I have a pair of 10X24 (they also come in the 8X). They also come with LER (long eye relief) so you can keep your sunglasses on! The optics are probably not as good as a Leica or Nikon but they cost about $150. cabela's # is 800-237-4444 web site is http://www.cabelas.com Hal Wilton, NH Power your boat with carbohydrates, not hydrocarbons. http://www.jlc.net/~hlevin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I unfortunately tend to agree with Bob's comments re good optics. As an impoverished doctoral student (some time ago) I used to use a pair of Zeiss Jena (east German, now defunct?) 8*30 roof prisms. Extremely good value, very nice image, but I owned two pairs and the prisms were knocked out of alignment in both. Admittedly at the time I was researching deer ecology in the field, and the bins took a lot of use and abuse, but I know of three other folk with the same model who had the same problem. Nice optics, poor build quality I guess. I now use a pair of Nikon 7x50 WPC (water proof compass). I really like these goggles (and would recommend them), but I made the mistake last year (thus the unfortunately above) of looking through an acquaintance's Leicas. 8x40's I think can't remember the model, but looking through them was a BIG mistake. The world truly does look better through leicas, and my pleasure looking through my Nikons is now somewhat diminished. Reminds me of the old story - feed your dog porridge and he's happy as a pig in s*#t. Feed him meat, and he'll never touch porridge again. But then again, AFAIR those Leica bins cost 800+ sterling, an opportunity cost of most of a new glass kayak. YGWYPF Cheers Colin Calder 57º19'N 2º10'W *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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