Binocular Recommendation
Peter Robinson (peterrobins@hotmail.com)
Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:11:15 PST
David --
I have not had any trouble with the lens coating of the 8x42 B&L Elites,
but I am very careful with the equipment that I have. I have a B&L
Balscope Sr. scope that I bought about 1956 with paper route earnings
that is still in very good condition, and is the "spotting scope" that I
use regularly. (I also got a Celestron C5 catadioptric telescope --
50x, 75x, 125x -- about a year ago that I use for long distance I.D. of
things that do not move too much -- waterfowl and shorebirds.)
I can recommend Adorama, New York (800-815-1260). Others that I'm aware
of are Eagle Optics, Christophers (800-356-6603), National Camera
Exchange (800-624-8107).
You should NOT deal with The Camera Corner (Davenport Iowa). Last
spring I got a pair of B&L Discoverer binoculars from there for my wife
to try. I thought the binoculars were not worth the cost, and they did
not fit my wife's small interpupiliaty distance. I had been told that
there was no charge for a "return", but The Camera Corner kept a 10%
"restocking fee", which is probable their profit margin, in spite of
several phone calls and letters from me about it.
Also, do NOT deal with Cam America. I got a real run-around from them
last spring about a return of a camera lens for a camera that I'd bought
at the same time and did keep.
peterrobins@hotmail.com
Peter Robinson
Hanover, York County, PA
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