[Leica] binoculars - looking for assistance

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 7:37 AM -0500 1/18/07, Eric Korenman wrote:
>My mother-in-law wants to buy my father-in-law general purpose /
>birding binoculars.
>They like to stroll, wander, point out houses and birds. That kind of thing.
>
>I know NOTHING about binoculars but they consider me to be the
>resident optics expert.
>
>Can anyone recommend magnification
>and a few models covering low, middle and high price points ?
>
>Low is around $100, middle say $200-500 and high.. whatever Leica
>binoculars cost.
>
>thanks,
>Eric

Have a look at Canon image stabilized binoculars. Optically they 
might not be as good as the very best from Leica, Zeiss or Swarovski 
but the IS more than makes up for that. They would be in the upper 
price bracket, but are fantastic at the higher magnifications.

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