Ian Boag <fred@noplace.com> wrote in message
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> "
> >>
> >> If, on the other hand, you are willing to sacrifice some weight in
> >> exchange for being able to see *much* more detail in practice, and
> >> you're not willing to mount them on a tripod, then the Canon 10x30 IS
> >> binoculars are in a class by themselves.
> >>
> >> IS stands for Image Stabilization, and it really works.  The amount of
> >> detail visible through these binoculars has to be seen to be believed.
> >> Nothing else I can say will do them justice, so I will urge you to try
> >> a pair and see for yourself.
>
> Amen to that.  You'll never want to hold a regular 10x again. They're
> really good for eyeglass wearers as well.  There's a really large exit
> pupil and deep rubber eyepiece rings. Eyeglass wearers just fold the
> rimgs back. I don't wear glasses but have tried it looking through a
> pair of sunglasses and it seemed just fine.
>
> The way the picture just snaps from "wobbly to still" is like black
> magic.  The intellectual part of me knows it's just electronics.
> Accelerometers that measure the shake and servos that are told to
> wobble the prisms in a manner that cancels it out. Some processing
> power so the servos do the job properly. Which they do.
>
> Canon make higher power ones (12x and 18x I think) with the same
> technology but I haven't tried them.  The 10x30's are wonderful enough
> for me. They go on EBay for about $US300-350.
>
> IB

I'd like to see an image stabilised spotting scope.

Paul