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- From: mackenzi@McRCIM.McGill.EDU (Paul Mackenzie)
- Newsgroups: rec.birds
- Subject: Binoculars Question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.184101.27715@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 18:41:01 GMT
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- I assume there must be some people in this group who know about
- binoculars - can anyone tell me what the numbers listed with
- a particular unit mean? I've seen a few in stores that say
- 8 x 40mm or something like this, and I've also seen things like
- field of vision is 340' at 1000 ft. Can anyone tell me how to
- decipher the magnification out of these so I don't buy a cheap
- pair of field glasses?
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- Thanks,
- Paul
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