Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!mit-amt!geek From: geek@mit-amt (Chris Schmandt) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: western birding Message-ID: <3372@mit-amt> Date: 8 Dec 88 04:37:48 GMT References: <1988Dec2.135214.1631@utzoo.uucp> <715@picuxa.UUCP> Reply-To: geek@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Chris Schmandt) Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA Lines: 10 In article <715@picuxa.UUCP> gpasq@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190) writes: >Some complete bast*rd stole my binocs late last week. I went out and (despite >the protest of my wife) layed down the money for a good pair of Leitz 7x35's. >WOW! Enjoy! I bought mine years ago and they changed the way I see (especially at dawn/dusk). If you're spending that kind of money, though, I'd seriously consider the "armored" variant. I'm a backpacker and my 7x35BA's have been through some tough times with me without a trace of damage. Excellent glasses.