[NatureNS] Cornell Lab of Ornothology Binocular Ratings

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I agree with Hans. I have Zeiss FL*T s, and they are superb. I also have Eag=
le Optics Rangers which are 90% as good ( the difference being a narrower fi=
eld of view and very slight loss of image brightness and sharpness if you're=
 very critical) for 25% of the price. I recently send my Zeiss to be repaire=
d and serviced - they had to be sent to Germany and it took 4 months. I don'=
t think their build ( focus wheel play, rubber coating etc.) is as good as t=
he Rangers.

Another good source of info is eagle optics web site (www.eagleoptics.com) a=
nd browse the reviews and prices for all the binocs. there.

Richard Stern
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On 2012-04-13, at 8:04 AM, Hans Toom <htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:

> There is no recent update on the attached review that I can find but it st=
ill exists as the best and most reliable, read unbiased, review of binocular=
s I have found.
> =20
> The Zeiss FL T* are the top rated as usual. I have owned and used these bi=
noculars and they are indeed bright and sharp. Unfortunately, the law of dim=
inishing returns kicks in and you can get 90% of the Zeiss quality at 10% of=
 the cost. I sold my Zeiss FL T*'s and now use a less expensive and lighter p=
air and I am quite satisfied with my decision.
> =20
> The Cornell review breaks your options down into Economy, Midprice and Top=
 Gun. There is no need for me to parrot their work so here it is: http://www=
.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/LivingBird/Winter2005/Age_Binos.html
>=20
> Hans
> __________________________________________________________________________=
_______________________________
> Hans Toom
> Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
> http://www.hanstoom.com/

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<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I agree with Hans. I have Zeiss FL*T s, and they are superb. I also have Eagle Optics Rangers which are 90% as good ( the difference being a narrower field of view and very slight loss of image brightness and sharpness if you're very critical) for 25% of the price. I recently send my Zeiss to be repaired and serviced - they had to be sent to Germany and it took 4 months. I don't think their build ( focus wheel play, rubber coating etc.) is as good as the Rangers.</div><div><br></div><div>Another good source of info is eagle optics web site (www.eagleoptics.com) and browse the reviews and prices for all the binocs. there.

Richard Stern
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On 2012-04-13, at 8:04 AM, Hans Toom <htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"> <style></style> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">There is no recent update on the attached review that I can find but it still exists as the best and most reliable, read unbiased, review of binoculars I have found.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font>&nbsp;</div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">The Zeiss FL T* are the top rated as usual. I have owned and used these binoculars and they are indeed&nbsp;bright and sharp. Unfortunately, the law of diminishing returns kicks in and you can get 90% of the Zeiss quality at 10% of the cost. I sold my Zeiss FL T*'s and now use a less expensive and lighter pair and I am quite satisfied with my decision.</font></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">The Cornell review breaks your options down into Economy, Midprice and Top Gun.</font>&nbsp;<font size="2" face="Arial">There is no need for me to parrot their work so here it is: </font><font size="2" face="Arial">http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/LivingBird/Winter2005/Age_Binos.html</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>Hans<br>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br>Hans Toom<br>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<br>http://www.hanstoom.com/</font></div> </div></blockquote></body></html> --Apple-Mail-508669C3-944F-4DB0-B1C8-8FDF58FF0BE6--

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