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From: jon@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Jonathan Gingerich)
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Subject: Re: Binoculars
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Date: 31 Jan 90 17:46:51 GMT
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In article <7369@tank.uchicago.edu> bob@delphi.uchicago.edu (Robert S. Lewis, Jr.) writes:
>If anyone is interested, Leica recently introduced three new binocular
>...  They are relatively heavy, but their shape looks
>comfortable...

It's interesting that they are somewhat heavy.  I wonder if this is in 
response to the recent Consumer Reports trials in which they didn't do so
well.  I got the distinct impression that there was a corolation between 
the weight of the binocs and their performance on the test, although
this wasn't stated anywhere.
Jon. Gingerich