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From: grp@unify.uucp (Greg Pasquariello)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Leitz and Zeiss Binoculars
Message-ID: <25754892.15970@unify.uucp>
Date: 30 Nov 89 15:34:41 GMT
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Reply-To: grp@unify.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello)
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In article <6172@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> shun@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (shun.cheung) writes:
>My wife is very interested in bird watching and her birthday
>is coming up in about a month. I am thinking about getting
>her a pair of binoculars. She is small and has problems with
>hand-shaking, so I think something like 8x30 would be suitable.
>I understand that both Zeiss and Leitz are excellent brands.
>I would like to know people's comments/comparisons among
>binoculars in these two brands and possibly other manufacturers.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>-- Shun Cheung, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey

I bought a pair of Leitz 7x35 about a year ago, and they are wonderful.  They
retail for close to $1000, but you can get them for a lot less, maybe around 
$500 if you go to 47th Street Photo, or a good camera store.  They come with
a lifetime warantee, so store support is no problem.

They are a very bright, crisp pairs of binocs, and to me they are well worth
the investment.  Definitely get the armor coating.  When I was in California
for the very first time, interviewing for this job, I bashed them on a boulder
in the Sierras.  They now have a permanent dent on the obnjective side, but
the alignment did not go out so much as a hair.

If your wife has a problem with handshaking, try out the 8x30 on a cold day
before you buy.  The higher the power, the worse the apparent shake will
be.  She may find that 7 power binocs siut her better.

- Greg


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