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Re: Re: (ATMoB:Discuss) Barska 15 x 70 binoculars
Not your fault Tal,
Phil Rounseville just took delivery of his F/4 Newt-Mak.
It is going to be cloudy all summer! We need to build a clubhouse in Arizona.
Paul
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> From: "E.Talmadge Mentall" <tmentall ^a^ SkyandTelescope dot com>
> Date: 2002/06/13 Thu AM 11:55:44 EDT
> To: "Jon Greenberg" <jonbg ^a^ attbi dot com>
> CC: atmob-discuss ^a^ atmob daht org
> Subject: Re: (ATMoB:Discuss) Barska 15 x 70 binoculars
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> At 06:13 PM 5/30/02 -0400, you wrote:
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> <excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Heartland, that
> world-renowned optical house, is selling Barska 15 x 70 binoculars for
> $70 including a tripod adapter.(231 field of view at 1000 ft.) I believe
> that Barska is a Russian brand. Is it the equivalent of Tasco or is the
> quality sufficient to make this a good buy?
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> Any input pro or con welcome.
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> Clear skies! Jon Greenberg
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> </excerpt>I'll have a pair of the Barska 15x70s at the meeting tonight.
> They just arrived from Heartland this morn. I let the editors look at
> them (they would've pummeled me if I had not!) and they've all had a
> favorable response. The binocs are light weight and seem well-made.
> They're easy to hold steady, and they came with a plastic tripod adapter
> which the online review says is inadequate. I think they're well worth
> the $70.
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> Of course it's cloudy here now, so I'll have to wait until it clears up,
> in 2 or 3 weeks, before I can try them out on the stars. It was ever
> thus, get new optics and the sky is cloudy.
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> Tal
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