Franny -- Have you checked out the Optics for Birding page? It's at

http://www.optics4birding.com/

There is quite a lot of information there.

Franny Drobny wrote:
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> Dear fellow Tweets:
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> This is to thank everyone for their suggestions where to get my baked binoculars
> fixed. It turns out my field testing wasn't very complete, and once I had a
> chance to use my binocs all day, it was clear there was a problem. They did get
> ruined from the oven heat. Besides having somewhat of a burnt look to the
> rubber coating, the lenses have become mis-aligned and there is a dried coating
> inside of the lenses. I think the best advice is from Cory Suddarth. She begs
> people not to put their binocs in oven and lists all the reasons why.
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> Meanwhile, I have decided to buy a pair of waterproof binocs and am looking at
> several pairs. Has anyone ever heard of or used some called Brunton Binoculars,
> 8x40, Eterna Standard, waterproof? They look kinda interesting. I've looked at
> various recommendations, but nothing stands out to me. Has anyone had any
> personal experience with waterproof binocs? Is there something I should watch
> out for?
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> Thanks.
> Franny Drobny
> Seattle, Washington
> fdrobny at cairncross.com
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Jane Hadley
jhadle at halcyon.com
Seattle, WA