This must be some kind of first for this millennium - an on-topic post about Pentax equipment which is neither photographic nor endoscopic.
I am thinking about buying some birding binoculars. I am not a bird-watcher, but I do enjoy looking at them when I go on jaunts at the weekends, particularly around the Thames Estuary, and I'd like to be able to look at them a bit more closely. My understanding of birding binoculars is that they should be about 8x42, focus quickly to less than 2 metres, preferably be reasonably waterproof and bumpproof, and lightweight. I already have an old pair of Pentax field glasses, but I think they were designed for watching tanks attack Stalingrad, and they are not suitable for my needs. The spec for birding binoculars seems to make them quite expensive in general, but Pentax look as though they produce something which gives relatively good bang:buck http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pentax-8X42-DCF-WP-Binoculars/dp/B000070GS8 Do any of you have these, and would like to comment? Any others I should consider? Thanks, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
