I want to put in a word for a fine bird lens that
"only" costs $700 (still a lot of money). It is the
Nikon 70 -300 ED digital. I have photographed
birds for many years and this is fun to work with.
http://www.birdcentral.net/digital.html
The replacement cost for my binoculars I just
noticed is over $2000, FYI.
Jim Rosso
Arlington,Virginia
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On Jan 7, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Mechejmch <mechejmch at aol.com> wrote:

> I often feel that there's a good deal of lens envy out there, and I've had to wipe away the drool more than once, myself! (insert laughter here).
>
> Joe Meche
> Bellingham
>
> A few issues I have with this post, though it is very funny:
>
> 1. You are describing twitching, not birding/birdwatching, if you want your pure form of birding, don't go a chasin' rare birds.
> 2. I guess Spotting Scopes are out of the question?
> 3. Please tell me where I can find a big honkin'-ass lens for only $2000!
>
> Ryan Shaw - he who loves his camera
> Tacoma
> rtshaw80 at hotmail.com
>
> flickr.com/photos/shyalbatross
>
> From: Jile Hulme-deborchgro <jilehulmedeborchgro AT yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 23:03:01 -0800 (PST)
>
> Am I the only one who wants to puke whenever a brigade of "birders" show up
> with
>
> a bunch of $2000 cameras with big honkin'-ass lenses?
>
> Aren't we birdWATCHERS first and foremost? Shouldn't we leave the picturing to
> the the likes of National Geographic? I just want to chase down a rare bird for
>
> once and find people with BINOCULARS ONLY.
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