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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    Hi Dennis. Yes that's all true, not amazing optics, very much useable though, i may be wrong but I believe the fujinons have less fov for less mag but stand to be corrected - I was worried you might have had problems with the i.s not working properly.
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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    Hi Dennis. Yes I did have a look at them with the cannons. As I said further down in the post that the optics were useable and useful - nothing special but as an overall package I thought the kites were much better for the reasons you've quoted above. Was your model one of the early made in...
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    Afraid of jumping the gun. Kite 16x42 vs Canon 18x50

    Well, both have the usual compromises of i.s and the usual benefits, the Kites are now made in Japan as well, the canons will be better for astronomy. If I had to choose between them as a birders bino I'd go for the Kites and read how you'd got on with them with interest. The cannons are a...
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