Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/18

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Subject: [Leica] binoculars - looking for assistance
From: telyt at earthlink.net (telyt@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Jan 18 10:17:46 2007

<thinkofcole@aol.com> wrote:

> If you want a binocular mainly for birding, you want  one where the
bird's 
> image doesn't jump around because it's difficult to  hold the binocular
entirely 
> steady without a tripod...The stronger the  binocular's power -- your 
> Voitlaender is 7 power -- the harder it is to hold  steady on the
bird...Therefore, I 
> suggest no more than 6  power.
 
6x isn't anywhere near enough power to see most birds.  8x is recommended
most often.  I'm using 10x and the image isn't too jumpy.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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