It might be because of the virus going around and clogging up servers - I got it on my machine - please be careful and do NOT open mail marked "test, "FRXG", and similar subjects - it has a new virus in it (luckily, I got Norton antivirus working immediately and have the culprit in quarantine, but now I have to figure out what to do from there. Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith McGowan" <wichywmn@xxxxxxxxx> To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:31 AM Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Binocular help > Thank you for the info, Al. I tried the site but got a message I have = > never > received before: Connection Refused. > > Judith-VA > Gourd Art Works > Gourd Artists and Growers > SouthernRoots > > -----Original Message----- > From: va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al = > Warfield > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:24 AM > To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Binocular help > > Judith, > > The Simmons are in a different category: Digital Binoculars. There are > several other brands as well. I don't have any experience with them, but > have the feeling they would be great if what you want to do is take = > pictures > of birds and just want snapshots, not high quality images. For general > birding I would think that feature might get in the way, plus add to the > weight and bulk of the optics. However, Simmons does make an 8x42 = > version > that may be OK. The 8x22 and 8x30 versions may have too narrow a field = > of > view for birding. > > I found a good source of digital binoculars at this website. It may be a > good source of other birding optics as well: > > http://www.binoculars.com/specialty.asp?SPECID=3D67 > > Al Warfield > > > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "Judith McGowan" <wichywmn@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 3:18 PM > Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Binocular help > > > Al, thanks for the information - I will start reading and investigating. > > One thing I came across today was the Simmons CaptureView Binoculars. = > Any > opinion on those? I really like the idea of being able to capture = > images > through the binocular lens. > > Judith-VA > Gourd Art Works > Gourd Artists and Growers > SouthernRoots > > > > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the = > Subject > field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, > //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the = > Subject > field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, > //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > > > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.