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These are good field glasses; then when you are focused, and push the stabilizing button - they become great! It takes maybe a second and a half, and the object in focus becomes yours. It's like you own it. Steady, hand held and no shaking or blur - at 12 times magnification! Quite extraordinary. If you can't afford them, hope that your children can buy them for you as a gift. I'm blessed, mine did and birding just got way better.

Simply stated, these are the best binocs I've ever owned. They are simply amazing in their ability to control the shakes. The optics seem to be of the highest quality with no distortions or imperfections or false colorization. The stabilization technology is amazing! I have a significant "essential tremor" which has limited my ability to use binocs. These binocs "cure" that condition! To see things snap to stable and clear upon the click of a button is a wonder to behold!

I've had these for four years now, and they are the simply great. There is a slight color distortion, but less than I have seen even in other (high end) binoculars. The image stabilization? Well it just works, and has continued to do so through four years of active use. The combination of 12x magnification and IIS is incredible, and enhances the usefulness of these binoculars a lot.

The only downside I have found is that the individual focus on the right eyepiece is a bit hard to adjust.

After personally using a camera (I do more of the photographing) with an image stabilized lens, I knew my wife would definitely want the same capability in her binoculars... I was proven right. She loved them. The ease of use, the improved usefulness of a higher power in a hand-held magnifying unit because of stabilization, the excellent light gathering capabilities of this unit in dim light, had my son and his wife clamoring for a chance to share them as well on a recent trip to the cloud forests of Costa Rica. This pair has already been used 4 times as much as other binoculars we've had and still have that don't have stabilizaton. The slight extra weight and size are well worth it.

Canon 12x36 Image Stabilization II Binoculars w/Case, Neck Strap & Batteries Great binoculars. The clarity and easy stabilizing make it very enjoyable. Light enough to be able to use for a decent amount of time. I've been using a 7x30 Bushnell which is fine but the Canon gives me greater magnification and light. Fine optics and design.