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Binoculars for children?

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Subject: Binoculars for children?
From: Kim Sterelny <>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:50:15 +1000
Dear All

I wonder if annyone on the list has useful advice on good reasonably priced bins suitable for a girl about to turn 8. My daughter (who will be 8 in November) likes the idea of going birdwatching with me, and while I suspect this is more social than ornothological, obviously i would like to encourage her interest. But she woould need bins; she has used mine a little, with some success, but they are much much too heavy (I have a heavy pair of meades) ,and my backups have too narrow a field of view.

I was thinking that the ideal pair would be light, with a big field of view (to give her a decent chance of seeing the bird), and easy to focus. Magnnification would be a lesser concern, as would optical excellence (so long as they are OK optically). so I had in mind something like 7x 35s or somethingg similar.

First: anyone with experience of this problem - is this list of priorities about right? and if so (or even if not), any specific recommendations? ( had in mind a price range of up to a couple of hundred dollars; I hope that might get something OK)

any help apprciated.
Kim
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Kim Sterelny
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