Bins - Image Stabilised?

[Piers]

Anyone any hands-on with image stabilised (IS) binoculars?

Given 7x50 is the usual for normal bins, what do you recommend for IS?



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[byron]

They are superb 7x50 is cool but you can go 8x50 I wouldn't want to go higher but I'm no expert, the shop surely will advise.

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[Nigelhg]

We use Canon 10x30 IS binoculars, they work excellently -do exactly what they say on the box- but they do eat AA batteries quite fast. The optical quality of these bins is also extremely good with very little false colour.

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[Piers]

Thanks for this feedback.

The chap I'm talking with at the bin shop is suggesting the 15x50.

This much magnification makes me nervous. What would you think having used the 10x30?

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[Piers]

Thanks, Byron.

The feedback I'm getting from others (apart from the Forum) is that Image St. really works. I'll post what I eventually end up with.

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[Nigelhg]

15x50s would be excellent, the technology works well, but the 10x30s are a nice size and reasonably light. If you were considering going up the range I would go for the all weather 18x50s, being water resistant. The bigger bins are fairly heavy and reasonably large- bear this in mind.
Even with the higher magnification and although I have no direct experience with the 18x50s I would expect them to work as well as the 10x30s that i use.
I really highly recommend them.
One point to bear in mind is that low magnifaction will work through the windows ok without having to take the bins outside, I have found that high magnification binos dont give good focus looking through glass (I also have a pair of non stabilised 20x80s).

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[Boatman]

Go and look at the steiner range and compare the image quality, theres a couple of other German bins manafactures that are worth looking at but it's all a question of budget.

As an aside I use 7*50 steiners I forget the model but the imaging is far better than most of the competition both IS and normal at extendend magnification.

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