[Maine-birds] Re: binocular recommendations?

I'm perhaps a bit late to this parade, but after believing that our Nikon Monarchs were never to be equaled--and they are great binocs , and great value--a friend of Lucia's (my  wife) gave us a pair of Canon 10x30 IS binocs.  The IS stands for Image Stabilizer.  So you focus on the bird and hit a button and image stabilizes. I have no idea how this works, but it really does.  I have never been in favor of anything over 8X for birding because of too much movement--but the image stabilization really works.  I took these out and "A/B" them against my Monarchs, and they were better.  Better color separation, and they gather a bit more light--and of course the bird is closer.  We went and bought another pair for me.  I see that there is a newer version IS II, and the ones like we have are about 1/2 price on the web.  The newer model is around $450.   They weigh a few ounces more than my Monarch, but  I bet they are less than your Zeiss 10X40s

On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 11:52:41 AM UTC-4, Anne Williams wrote:

I have been using some inherited 30-year-old Zeiss 10x40s. (Dialyt 10x40 B T*)   They are very bright and good for anything further than 16 feet away, but have no close focus and are on the heavy side.

I know there have been a lot of improvements in binoculars in recent decades. 

Questions:

Is it worth buying something newer?

And how much would it cost?  (I am looking to stay under $500.)

Thanks,

Anne

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