No, but I think the ability to see very fine detail or fine color
distinctions is very important to serious birders in order to do the
most accurate species identification. For some of the them the price
didn't matter since it was just an incidental expense. But there were
also those for whom $1,000 was a major investment but who also did it
very willingly.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/8/2012 11:56 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ... I often encountered serious
>> birders in the marsh. They often had Leitz or Swarowski binoculars that
>> shamed my little Nikon 7x35s. But, just as with the cameras, I could
>> never bring myself to justify something 10 times the price of what I
>> had. But I'd still like to have a pair. :-)
>
> Did they see ten times as many birds? Did the birds they saw look ten times
> better?
>
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> :::: "True," said Taleswapper, "but then, our cause is good, and so all
> nature will conspire with us, don't you think?" "And God, too," she added
> firmly. "I can't say about that," said Taleswapper. "The preachers and
> priests seem to have him so fenced up with doctrine that the poor old Father
> hardly has room to act anymore. Now that they've got the Bible safely
> interpreted, the last thing they ever want is for him to speak another word,
> or show his hand of power in this world." -- Orson Scott Card
> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
>
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