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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swissboy" data-source="post: 1340217" data-attributes="member: 4926">I'm afraid I'm not too good at getting rid of stuff. Thanks to my wife there is still room in the house! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Well, gradually I am accumulating binoculars, with the idea to have one near each window eventually. The only two binoculars I gave away were my very first pair bought in 1958 or so, a 8x30 porro (similar in design to the one shown in post #32), donated to my former biology dept for student use, and a 8x20 Minolta compact which I gave a guide who did not have any binoculars on our Galapagos tour. My keepers range from a 6.5x Papilio and a 6x30 Yosemite to my favored 8x32 Trinovid and 8x42 FL (my primary binocular for birding), with several others as well. Among them the one I adore the most, a 10x25 Ultravid which I consider kind of a museum piece both for its optics and its design.Oh, in editing the above, I just realized that I must have been birding for more than half a century. Incredible.The oldest ones I still have, a 7x50 porro model made by Kowa, dates from around 1960, I believe. At the time, I was able to use them basically at a fixed focus. That was part of the reason my brother and I (we both had the same model) loved it particularly. Aside from it being well suited for fox watching at night. Now, my eyes no longer do the adjusting, and it's so heavy that I prefer my FL under all conditions.</blockquote>

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