I appreciate the quick and thoughtful responses I received to my question about binoculars. I noticed these at Campmor and would like some feedback, please. Thanks, Marsanne : > > Brunton Lite-Tech 10 x 25 Binoculars > Item Number: 83560 > Price: $79.97 > > Click on the following link to reach the product: > <http://search.campmor.com/cgi-bin/redir?prod=1980355> > > > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
firefly wrote: > I appreciate the quick and thoughtful responses I received to my question > about binoculars. I noticed these at Campmor and would like some feedback, > please. Thanks, Marsanne > > > > Brunton Lite-Tech 10 x 25 Binoculars > > Item Number: 83560 > > Price: $79.97 1. 10-power is actually a lot to hold steady and focused on a distant object in a pitching boat. 2. IIRC you want these for a busy waterway. Do you need effectiveness in poor-light? If so, then look for larger objective lenses (25 is small) and larger exit pupil (10/25 = 2.5mm). Unless you feel you need this level of quality and ease of use, for about $20 you can get about the same power (I have 8 x 21) in the lttle two-barrel binocs. Most models are not waterproof, but at the price they are less of an investment to lose and so you take them along in your PFD pocket more often. GaryJ -- Director, Family Canoeing Centre Recreational canoeing courses for the whole family. +--------------------------------+ | /"\ | | \ / | | X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN | | / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL & NEWS | +--------------------------------+ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
With 10x, it is impossible to keep the image still; 8x is better and 7x is best from a kayak unless you're on flat water in a barge. Roof prism binoculars are typically waterprooof; porro not so. Not sure about these, but if you're planning to look at anything interesting for more than a few minutes at a time (wildlife, for instance) spending the extra money on a good mid-range binocular (especially if you wear glasses or want to look through sunglasses) is well worth it. At 09:20 AM 1/10/2003 -0600, firefly wrote: >I appreciate the quick and thoughtful responses I received to my question >about binoculars. I noticed these at Campmor and would like some feedback, >please. Thanks, Marsanne >: > > > > Brunton Lite-Tech 10 x 25 Binoculars > > Item Number: 83560 > > Price: $79.97 > > > > Click on the following link to reach the product: > > <http://search.campmor.com/cgi-bin/redir?prod=1980355> > > > > > > > > " At this time I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the sea shore whilst a great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me" ---Sir Isaac Newton ********************************************************* John S. March, MD, MPH Professor and Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke Child and Family Study Center 718 Rutherford Street Durham, NC 27705 919/416-2404 (P); 919/416-2420 (F) Email: jsmarch_at_acpub.duke.edu Website: http://www2.mc.duke.edu/pcaad ********************************************************* *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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