I'm certain others have already reported this, but, you can't go wrong with
Russ and Justine at the Seattle Audubon Nature Shop for patient, thorough,
and competent assistance. The shop has a good range of optic products and
could probably get some additional product from their suppliers if there was
something specific you wanted to try and had the time to wait. Totally
different than being in a retail environment. Russ and Justine have been
generous with their assistance and follow up after purchase and my bungled
field experiments... Highly recommended!

Tom Mansfield
Seattle
tmiseattle at msn.com


>From: "Josh Hayes" <josh at blarg.net>
>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: [Tweeters] shopping for optics
>Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:19:28 -0800
>
> > From: "Louise Rutter" <louise.rutter at eelpi.gotdns.org>
> > Subject: [Tweeters] Shopping for optics
> >
> > I'm looking to replace some outdated equipment in the way of binoculars
> > and scope. Do any of you tweeters have favoured places around the
> > Seattle area for buying? Reading reviews online is helpful in narrowing
> > things down, but when it comes to the last few ideas, nothing beats
> > being able to physically try things out and compare. Any shops in
> > particular you'd recommend?
>
>I'm sure this is a topic of general interest: please post replies to the
>list as a whole!
>
>-Josh Hayes, josh at blarg dot net
>
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