Thanks for all the quick replys...My friend is leaving for Madagascar tomorrow. She has purchased a "used" pair of Swarovski's from a Tweeters' responder.......just thought I would mention that the majority of the responses were to go to the SAS office and check out the new Nikon Monarch 7s [8x42) in the $500 price range and that Russ ( at SAS) is a great resource for further info.

thanks all for your 2 cents.....

eric
seattle