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From: jim@hpfcso.HP.COM (Jim Tear)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: binoculars
Message-ID: <9720007@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Jun 90 19:37:43 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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I find I can get good to very good binocs in the $100-$200 range
from discount stores or mail order.

Unless you're a lot more careful than I, binocs don't last forever.
They get rained on, dusty, dirty, dropped, stolen, mishandled by
friends and kids.

Also you might want different binocs for different conditions:
good daylight, close work, distant work, astronomy (Comet Austin
should still be visible), other night work, ball games.  And then
your might want a spotting scope and a telescope.

Sorry for making your life more difficult.

	Jim Tear  --  Hewlett-Packard  --  Ft. Collins, CO