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From: jon@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Jonathan Gingerich)
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Subject: Re: Binoculars
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Date: 2 Feb 90 22:22:27 GMT
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In article <22684@siemens.siemens.com> tjo@edsel.siemens.edu (Tom Ostrand) writes:
>Everything else being equal, the lighter the binoculars, the better,
>since you can hold them steadier.

Are you sure?  My impression was that the inertia of the mass helped steady the
lens.  CU's test involved reading eye-charts at distance.  There are other types
of tests one might like, like color matching samples at distance, but I'm sure
their results are accurate.

Jon. Gingerich