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Old 17-12-2007, 03:38 PM
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A rough tough pair of 7x50s

All this talk of binoculars made me look closely at this pair on special at AOE:-

http://www.aoe.com.au/aoe7x50marine.html

At $99 (plus postage) they look like good value. Particularly for a pair you can afford to bang around and drop in the one metre deep lake for up to an hour!!

I almost bought them for someone, but I know this person will also want to look at birds with them. In that case, the individual eyepiece focus, while ideal for astronomical, would be a pain for varying focus terrestrial work

Edit:- It's almost a bit amusing then, that they come with a desirable hard case, to stop them being knocked!
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Old 17-12-2007, 04:22 PM
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They have a generous 24mm of eye relief too, all rather appealing for the $99 sale price!
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Old 17-12-2007, 05:28 PM
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At $99 (plus postage) they look like good value. Particularly for a pair you can afford to bang around and drop in the one metre deep lake for up to an hour!!
Cool if your into observing fish

regards,CS
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Old 17-12-2007, 11:50 PM
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Good thinking Rob!
They may be handy in case of or or perhaps even .


Certainly might be good when you leave them on a table and exposed on those really dewy nights.

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