Since we just had the real Academy Awards I thought we could have the "BINOCULAR ACADEMY AWARDS" on Bird Forum. Here are the categories and winners and runners up IMO. You may find a runners up works better for you personally than my top choice but you won't go wrong with any of these choices. The list is not an ABSOLUTE RANKING but rather just a list of good choices in that format. So don't get defensive if I have your binocular 2nd place or if your binocular was not nominated. This is just for fun.
BEST COMPACT BINOCULAR
1)Swarovski 8x25 CL-P
2) Zeiss Victory 8x25
BEST 8X30 BINOCULAR
1)Swarovski 8x30 CL
2) Nikon 8x30 EII
3) Nikon M7 8x30
BEST 8X32 BINOCULAR
1) Swarovski 8x32 SV
2) Nikon 8x32 EDG
3) Zeiss 8x32 FL
4) Nikon 8x32 SE
BEST 7X42 BINOCULAR
1) Zeiss 7X42 FL
2) Nikon 7x42 EDG
3) Leica Ultravid HD Plus 7x42
BEST 8X42 BINOCULAR
1) Swarovski 8.5X42 SV
2) Zeiss 8x42 SF
3) Leica Noctivid 8x42
4) Nikon 8x42 EDG
5) Zeiss 8x42 HT
BEST 10X42 BINOCULAR
1) Canon 10x42 IS-L
2) Zeiss 10x42 SF
3) Swarovski 10x42 SV
4) Leica Noctivid 10x42
5) Nikon 10x42 EDG
6) Zeiss 10x42 HT
BEST 10X50 BINOCULAR
1) Swarovski 10X50 SV
2) Leica Ultravid HD Plus 10x50
BEST 8X56 BINOCULAR
1) Swarovski 8x56 SLC
2) Zeiss 8x56 FL
BEST COMPACT BINOCULAR
1)Swarovski 8x25 CL-P
2) Zeiss Victory 8x25
BEST 8X30 BINOCULAR
1)Swarovski 8x30 CL
2) Nikon 8x30 EII
3) Nikon M7 8x30
BEST 8X32 BINOCULAR
1) Swarovski 8x32 SV
2) Nikon 8x32 EDG
3) Zeiss 8x32 FL
4) Nikon 8x32 SE
BEST 7X42 BINOCULAR
1) Zeiss 7X42 FL
2) Nikon 7x42 EDG
3) Leica Ultravid HD Plus 7x42
BEST 8X42 BINOCULAR
1) Swarovski 8.5X42 SV
2) Zeiss 8x42 SF
3) Leica Noctivid 8x42
4) Nikon 8x42 EDG
5) Zeiss 8x42 HT
BEST 10X42 BINOCULAR
1) Canon 10x42 IS-L
2) Zeiss 10x42 SF
3) Swarovski 10x42 SV
4) Leica Noctivid 10x42
5) Nikon 10x42 EDG
6) Zeiss 10x42 HT
BEST 10X50 BINOCULAR
1) Swarovski 10X50 SV
2) Leica Ultravid HD Plus 10x50
BEST 8X56 BINOCULAR
1) Swarovski 8x56 SLC
2) Zeiss 8x56 FL
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