How are you integrating Image stabilized binoculars into your system?

[guitarpreston]

First point is absolutely right, the two are not really analogous except in the fact that optical stabilization technology has only ever been driven by camera lenses and observation optics stabilization are simply derivative from that pursuit.

I would skip the Canons and try the Fuji TS-L 1640 if you can get hands on them. They're made in Japan with ED glass and Fuji's EBC multicoating and they're like 31 oz with batteries.

What canon binos did you have?

 

[thegoosano]

Yeah I keep them in the lid of my Exo right now. What Marsupial bag are you using? The actual bino pouch? Just seeing how to attach it via molle with the clips and all that.

I’d recommend a kifaru belt pouch or something similar with mole webbing to easily attach to the belt. I have one of their ultralight belt pouches for my NL 14s with some cut up thermarest foam pad for cushion attached to the inside. Weighs like 4oz


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[alexnelon]

What canon binos did you have?

15x50 IS

 

[guitarpreston]

15x50 IS

Ah ok. I have been kicking around the idea of their 10x42s vs sig 12s because the fov is nearly double and it’s their better glass.

 

[alexnelon]

Ah ok. I have been kicking around the idea of their 10x42s vs sig 12s because the fov is nearly double and it’s their better glass.

IMO, the Sigs are the worst IS binos available. They're dark, narrow, focus poorly, and eat batteries like crazy.

The Canons, Fujis, even Kite, Sirius, Opticron, Cateye are all better. They just don't market to hunters and buy influencers so they're not as popular in these circles.

 

[Alpine4x4]

I’d recommend a kifaru belt pouch or something similar with mole webbing to easily attach to the belt. I have one of their ultralight belt pouches for my NL 14s with some cut up thermarest foam pad for cushion attached to the inside. Weighs like 4oz


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Yeah I was looking at the Marsupial Padded Belt Pouch. I'll look at the Kifaru one too.

Padded Belt Pouch

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[SikaSeeker]

Anyone use the Zeiss 20 x 60S?

Pretty expensive but cool kit. Mechanically stabilised, optics a bit dated compared to modern zeiss. [Slight yellow tinge, curved field]

Theres a German prince who uses them [Franz Albrecht]

 

[Bugger]

Anyone use the Zeiss 20 x 60S?

Pretty expensive but cool kit. Mechanically stabilised, optics a bit dated compared to modern zeiss. [Slight yellow tinge, curved field]

Theres a German prince who uses them [Franz Albrecht]

I watched his roebuck series, super interesting hunting and his gun rack is insane. Looks like he switched over to some smaller stabilized after the first few episodes lugging those around. The pouch to carry those things looked like a damn baby carrier

 

[SikaSeeker]

Yeah I was wondering what make the case was. They are excellent for my needs, that doesn't include boar hunting.

Oh to have hereditary titles and massive wealth! Seems to have a great rep amongst people who know their hunting

 

[alexnelon]

Anyone use the Zeiss 20 x 60S?

Pretty expensive but cool kit. Mechanically stabilised, optics a bit dated compared to modern zeiss. [Slight yellow tinge, curved field]

Theres a German prince who uses them [Franz Albrecht]

I held a pair for a few seconds before my arms gave out.

What's funny to me though is they came out before I was born and were manufactured under the same main patent as the "new" "state of the art" Sig binos.

 

[nphunter]

I ended up picking up a set of 20X Zulu's for work. I took them on a few hunts this fall, most recently Idaho late deer. IMO the stabilization doesn't even come close to making up for the poor glass. We were watching a group of bulls at maybe a mile in late Oct. we couldn't tell if he was a 5 or six point at that range, only a branch bull. I pulled out the NL14's and tripod to glass and could see exactly what the bull was at that distance even though they had 6X less zoom.

I found the same on my Idaho deer hunt, unless I was on my motorcycle or driving the pickup and wanted to take a quick look the sigs didn't get used. I still very much prefer my NL8's and 14's. The stabilization is need and I may eventually pick up something else like the Swaro spotter, but for now, the NL's are staying and the Zulu's will stay on the dash of my work pickup. I do think they are cool binos; however, the poor FOV and poor-quality glass just don't cut it for me. Even in the wind I was able to sit down and glass with the 14's and tripod and see so much more than with the Zulu, for sitting and glassing they are not even comparable.

I did like the ability to cut weight on short hikes or riding the motorcycle, I still kept my NL8's on my chest and tossed the Zulu's in the lid of my pack. It was nice to be able to not carry the tripod and still be able to take a little closer look with the Zulu's.

There were many times on the trip when I had to grab either the spotter or 14's to tell if a buck was a shooter or not after looking at them with the Zulu's, if I was just after any deer they would have been fine.

IMO a person is struggling glassing while walking they probably don’t have the right bino in the first place. Unless a person is packing a tripod or has a good method to stabilize their bino they should be running 8’s. I couldn’t believe how much more i could see and pickup with the 8’s vs 10’s on my chest.

The IS spotter swaro just came out with might be the ticket. The tech is cool but the glass makes them almost unbearable for me if sitting and glassing. They absolutely don’t compare to even a cheap spotter, like mentioned above, i can identify way more stuff due to the clarity of a 14 power bino over a 20 power sig.