Newsgroups: rec.birds Path: utzoo!rising From: rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising) Subject: Binoculars & Scopes Message-ID: <1989Aug17.164037.22567@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Date: Thu, 17 Aug 89 16:40:37 GMT Kowa scopes are great, but they're very expensive. I'd urge anyone to try to use 10X binoculars if you can. I know that the conventional wisdom is that 7X are best, but I and many others that I know use 10X without difficulty, and find the extra magnification to be useful--so you might like to try them out before you rush out and purchase 7Xs. Migration here not yet moving much. --Jim Rising -- Name: Jim Rising Mail: Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1 UUCP: uunet!attcan!utzoo!rising BITNET: rising@utzoo.utoronto.bitnet