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Old 11-21-2017, 05:58 AM   #76
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Originally Posted by Seevee View Post
All great responses....

I'm going to decide between three options:

The Fujinon 12x image stabilized indicated about at $500 B&H

Canon IS Image Stabilized Binocular - 8x25 $350 Defender

Fujinon Techno-Stabi TS 14x40 locally used at $700.

If the 14x40 guy matches the 12x at $500 I'll buy his, otherwise I'm leaning on the 12x from B&H.

I just feel the 8x25 isn't powerful enough, even the cheap price.

Sound good?

If you wear eyeglasses, you'd probably benefit by putting eyes on each unit before deciding. I've found eye relief is much more important than magnification...

In our case, weight is also a possible issue, Our intention is that these would be used by our normal spotter (Admiral), and she mentioned the two units we looked at one day were REALLY heavy (for her).

I hadn't known much about stabilization, and we couldn't get a real feel for how each brand might work while we were in the store... no bouncing around in there -- so Dave's latest comment seems to me to be especially useful.

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