Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 15:50:32 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Peter Mann Subject: Re: Testing Binoculars MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's another option... I got a flier the other day about the "Bombay Hook Birdorama", held in conjunction with the Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Festival at Bombay Hook NWR on May 18th 8am-7pm, sponsored by Cutler Camera, a Delaware company that has a nice selection of bins. Obligatory disclaimer - I have no financial interest in Cutler. I did buy one pair of bins there after an internet company screwed me and I needed the bins quick, but that's another story... Anyway, it says they will have over 100 bins, spotting scopes and tripods on display. And... Factory reps and products from B&L, Bushnell, Canon, Celestron, Kowa, Leica, Meade, Minolta, Nikon, Pentax, Steiner, Swift, Swarovski, and Zeiss And... Display Models and Closeouts And.... New Products (bins and scopes with builtin or attachable digital cameras) And.. Free Binocular Inspection Line - Alignment check -Cleaning -Bin evaluation -Free repair estimate if required Anyway, it seems like a good place to check out a lot of optics. Peter Mann Galena, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "ABTrowbridge" To: Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:13 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Testing Binoculars > I, too, am saving all my pennies in order to upgrade my binoculars. > But where do I go to test individual bins? It seems so tacky to > test-run every > pair in a store and then surf the web for a better price. On the > other hand, I really can't afford to make a thousand dollar mistake. > What do most > folks do? > maryanne dolan > washington dc > abtrowbridge@msn.com > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================