Nikon has some good binocs in the price range and feature set that you are interested in getting. Try some of the outdoor catalogs and B&H photo store. Nikon has an outdoor/sport binoc that is supposed to be waterproof. I used to have a 10x50 Nikon that got dropped on some concrete. It did not break but it's been knocked out of alignment. 8-( For $110 I was very impressed with them. However 10x are very difficult to hand hold and I would not buy a pair with that kinda of power again. I would stick to 7 or 8 power. The second number is the objective lens size and the higher the number the better. The larger number gathers lots of lot. The 10x50s gathered more light than my eyes could at dusk. I was very impressed. As in many things there are drawbacks, the higher the power and objective lense the more wieght that is involved as well as size and money. The opposite is also true, if you want smaller binocs then you are going to loose power and objective size. Which is more important for your use? Another thing to look for when buying is to divide the power into the objective lense size. The higher the result the better. The Nikons I discribed would be a 5 which is pretty good. I have seen some high end glass, $1200+ that has a 7 value. There is also a field of view number that discribes how large an area that can be see when looking through the binocs. Hope this helps.... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 11 1999 - 07:38:25 PDT
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