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

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Subject: [Leica] binoculars - looking for assistance
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Thu Jan 18 18:58:43 2007
References: <82c9dd70701180437w53164f0as5cdf7876ee4dc0c1@mail.gmail.com> <9b678e0701181822k1af49093j513fc3c8d90d4667@mail.gmail.com>

I hadn't thought of a gun shop, Don! I so seldom walk into one - like
since I wanted a shotgun in high school - that going to one for this
purpose never entered my head.

Adam

On 1/18/07, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
ked them down a whole lot to move them on out.
>
> Last, you really have to look through a pair to determine if they are right
> for you.  Go to a good dealer(might be a gun shop) and find a dark corner
> that might be 5 yards away.  Look through each pair and see which resolves
> best for you in the dim light.  Do the binoculars adjust to your eyes and 
> is
> their use intuitive to you?  It took me a long time to get used to a pair 
> of
> Swarovski's as the diopter was in the front and not on the right lens.
> Remember that unlike a camera lens, if your eyes tell you one pair is the
> best then that is the best pair for you no matter who makes them.

In reply to: Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] binoculars - looking for assistance)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] binoculars - looking for assistance)