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Thanks for the excellent resource, Roz. Good birding, Greg Quoting Rosalind Renfrew <[log in to unmask]>: > There's an excellent, thorough, 2005 review of binoculars at all prices > in Living Bird: > > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/LivingBird/winter2005/Age_Binos.html > > Roz Renfrew > VINS > > At 12:36 PM 3/27/2007, you wrote: >> I think this is could be the most basic (and therefore important) >> topic for birders. Without really good optics we can't do our job >> (birding) very well. >> >> Several birder-friends have purchased Celestron Regal binoculars >> (8x42) and absolutely love them. Consensus among these 4--5 birders >> is that the Regal is a "Zeiss with a price" (that we can afford). >> Price is $300--350. Last year I bought the Regal and they are the >> clearest lenses I have ever used. (I've Not played with Zeiss or >> Swarovski optics). >> >> I have seen the Celestron Outland, but have not used it in the field. >> It seemed very similar to the Regal, but made in China, not Japan. >> At only $100, however, it must be lacking some feature found in the >> $300 Regal. Online research might provide more information on >> specifications of the two. >> >> Bruce Parfitt >> Johnson, VT >> >> "Let no bird go unseen." >> >> --- "Gregory R. Askew" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I have decided I'm ready for a upgrade in the optics >>> department...I've been using a fifty dollar pair >>> of Bushnell for far too long. Yet my money's kind of >>> tight right now. Can anyone recommend a good pair of >>> straight-design binoculars for under $200? Please reply off the >>> list. >> >>> Thanks, >>> Greg >>> Vergennes >>> >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels >> in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. >> http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097