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Binocular snobbery

10,000 Birds

However, instead of rushing out to buy a brand new pair of bins, it was recommended that she bought herself a pair of secondhand Zeiss Dialyt 10×40, then the binocular of choice of most serious birders. In 1999 came a watershed moment when I flew to Austria for the launch of the brand-new Swarovski EL range.

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