canberrabirds

Binoculars

To: Brian Thorp <>, "" <>
Subject: Binoculars
From: John Brown <>
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 09:23:26 +0000

Brian,

 

There are big choices to be made around how much you want to and/or are willing to spend. People may offer all sorts of advice, but if that amount to an set of binoculars which is several times more than you are willing to pay, then it's not very helpful advice.

 

For instance I recently got a pair for traveling which I really like:

 

http://www.bintel.com.au/Binoculars/All-Binoculars/Nikon-Prostaff--7-br--10-x-42/1252/productview.aspx

 

For me they are powerful, clear, light weight, highly rated and a pleasure to use, and much cheaper than my 'good' binoculars which I use in Canberra which are better quality but are bigger, weight about a 1kg!

 

Looking at the Nikon Prostaff 10x42 in the link, do they seem too expensive or surprisingly cheap? Depending on what sort of price range you end up in will help with what sort of advice we need to give.

 

John

 

 

 

From: Brian Thorp [
Sent: Sunday, 13 October 2013 8:13 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Binoculars

 

As a person newly interested in watching birds, would anyone like to give me some advice on purchasing some suitable binoculars.
What sort of binoculars, whether there is a particular brand or model you recommend and where best to buy them.
I'm not expecting to use them too regularly and therefore don't want a top of the range expensive pair.

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