Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]rollei.cord@web.de wrote: > Eric, > > I don't know anything about birding but I've got a pair of Voigtlaender > binoculars (Dynaret 7x17) which I really like. They'd be in your middle > price range, around USD 200 I guess. They're very small because they fold > in quite a special way, which I find hard to describe - they don't > actually fold but you slide them apart in order to adjust the distance of > the lenses to the distance of your eyes. They're so small and light that I > carry them with me almost all the time (even though I live in Hong Kong, > where wildlife is relatively rare ...). Lens quality is really good; I > have to admit though that a small Carl Zeiss pair (around USD 500) which I > tried before I bought the Voigtlaender seemed even sharper. > > Oliver > > Oliver > You say that wildlife is relatively rare in Hong Kong? BS! There is (or was) fantastic night wildlife in HK! Jerry