Image stabilizing binos vs Alpha Glass?

[SikaSeeker]

Because they are 10x they are very stable best I have used so far. Then its kind of cheating with low mag. Heard great things about newer fujinons. Ive used the older techno stabi 14 x 40 and its just not optically outstanding.

 

[Alpine4x4]

My setup for a while was NL in 8 and 12 and the STC and STX spotters.

I sold all of it and now have the Zulu in 10 and 14 and the Oscar spotter on the way.

No, the glass is not even in the same league. But the image stabilization makes that a moot point for me. They are far more useable and I shed a ton of pack weight.

When I’m in thick timber, I’m not going to pull out a tripod every time I stop so I used the 8’s and try to keep them as shake free as possible. But with the I.S. It’s a non issue. I see more with lower glass quality that’s perfectly stable than I did with crystal clear shake. Easier to spot movement and not wonder if it’s just me.

Plus I bought my entire kit for what I sold one and a half pairs of binos for.

The rest bought me new bows this year.

How are the 10s? I'm really thinking hard about getting some now. Low light performance good enough?

Canons were better to my eye vs swaro EL of same mag. Canon L glass is used in their top of the line long lenses that cost 10k. The weight is an issue but they are generally nice to use, the eyecups a bit meh

I run Canon L glass on my camera, its superb, but the weight of those 10s if extremely off putting. Heres to hoping maybe Swaro will hear the call and give us a lighter weight ergonomic 10x with IS soon.

 

[SikaSeeker]

Theyre 300g heavier than NLs. If you can test them and you will have an idea. Not sure how many hunters use them but they should be robust enough.

 

[Alpine4x4]

Theyre 300g heavier than NLs. If you can test them and you will have an idea. Not sure how many hunters use them but they should be robust enough.

I dont doubt the robustness, my L glass is phenomenal in the field and quite sturdy. 300g is a significant weight increase though. They're essentially double the weight of the Sigs at over 2lbs. Pretty significant.