My bride has requested an ugrade to a pair of image stabilized binoculors. Not having any experience, I thought I would ask the gang if you had any suggestions. Thanks, Michael Fishelson

And how much is thy bride willing to spend? {;*)) For use in a sway, the Fujinon may be best. Canon makes a series of stabilized binoculars for everything from birding to use on the water. You really want to check them out in person as some people like one stabilization implementation over the other. Nikon also offers a unit that physically resembles the Fujinon, but supposedly uses a slightly different stabilization method used in their lenses. West Marine usually has these for evaluation. Ron Rogers On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:31 PM, <homecrest@aol.com> wrote: > My bride has requested an ugrade to a pair of image stabilized binoculors. Not having any experience, I thought I would ask the gang if you had any suggestions. > > Thanks, > > Michael Fishelson

A (very good) friend gave me a pair of Canon 15 X 30 Image Stabilizer binocs a few years ago, just after we completed the Loop. Sure would have been nice if we'd had them a year earlier! They are big and heavy but the performance is amazing. I usually can spot a channel marker at 3 miles and read the marker's number at 1 mile. The stabilization isn't perfect but it is good and makes it possible to use 15 power on a boat, even in choppy water. I'm not sure I'd be willing to pay what these cost, well over $1000. Most of the time we use a cheap 7 X 35 non-stabilized lightweight pair but when the going gets tough we get out the big ones. And when the sky is clear at night the view of Jupiter's moons is spectacular. Jim Fidler "Fiddlesticks" Punta Gorda, FL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: GL: Image Stabilizing Binoculars My bride has requested an ugrade to a pair of image stabilized binoculors. Not having any experience, I thought I would ask the gang if you had any suggestions. Thanks, Michael Fishelson

15x50 maybe? On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Jim <fidlerjim@earthlink.net> wrote: > A (very good) friend gave me a pair of Canon 15 X 30 Image Stabilizer > binocs a few years ago, just after we completed the Loop. Sure would have > been nice if we'd had them a year earlier! > > They are big and heavy but the performance is amazing. I usually can spot > a channel marker at 3 miles and read the marker's number at 1 mile. The > stabilization isn't perfect but it is good and makes it possible to use 15 > power on a boat, even in choppy water. > > I'm not sure I'd be willing to pay what these cost, well over $1000. Most > of the time we use a cheap 7 X 35 non-stabilized lightweight pair but when > the going gets tough we get out the big ones. > > And when the sky is clear at night the view of Jupiter's moons is > spectacular. > > Jim Fidler "Fiddlesticks" Punta Gorda, FL > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ----------- > Subject: GL: Image Stabilizing Binoculars > > My bride has requested an ugrade to a pair of image stabilized binoculors. > Not having any experience, I thought I would ask the gang if you had any > suggestions. > > Thanks, > > Michael Fishelson > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/**mailman/listinfo/great-loop_** > lists.trawlering.com<http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com> > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/** > mailman/options/great-loop_**lists.trawlering.com<http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com> >

Oops. Yes, 15 X 50 is correct. My fingers misbehaved. Jim Fidler "Fiddlesticks" Punta Gorda, FL -----Original Message----- From: rcrogers6 . Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:57 PM To: Jim Cc: great-loop@lists.trawlering.com ; homecrest@aol.com Subject: Re: GL: Image Stabilizing Binoculars 15x50 maybe? On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Jim <fidlerjim@earthlink.net> wrote: > A (very good) friend gave me a pair of Canon 15 X 30 Image Stabilizer > binocs a few years ago, just after we completed the Loop. Sure would have > been nice if we'd had them a year earlier! >snip