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Summary: Zoom binoculars can magnify objects up to twenty power. This can be good and bad for the bird watcher. Learn about zoom binoculars in this free bird watching video about how to begin to bird watch.
Cary Salter has been bird watching for the past twenty five years. As a boy, Cary was a boy scout where he has taken his interest for nature and continued into a lifelong passion. Cary...read more
"Some binoculars are for a zoom range where you can start at maybe a six or seven power and zoom to sixteen or twenty power. You have to remember that, that magnifies everything. The heat shimmer in the distance is magnified by whatever power that you're using. If you have too much coffee in the morning, and tend to shake a little bit with the caffeine; that's going to be magnified by the same number that you're using on your binoculars. Another consideration with zoom binoculars is all of the mechanism involved in the zoom binoculars itself, it's very easy for that to be knocked out of alignment. And, usually it's not economically feasible to have a unit like that worked on. It costs more to get it fixed, than it would to replace them."
eHow Article: About Bird Watching Zoom Binoculars
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