AlanFrench
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The Canon 12x36 IS II has been my main birding binocular for more than 16 years, having replaced a 7x42. My one dislike is their poor close focus, so the new 12x32 caught my eye. They got serious attention with the recent pricing.
I've always embraced "Try before you buy," but the local camera store stopped carrying Canon. I ordered a pair, determined to return them if necessary. After using them extensively for the last week, I am impressed and they will stay.
They are fatter than the 12x36, but the rounded surfaces with an indented notch just past the top make them easy to hold. The first two fingers on my right hand can comfortably sit on the two IS buttons, but that could be a problem with larger hands. I wear glasses and leave the eyecups folded down. When down I like them better than the eyecups on the 12x36. But when up, they are indeed terrible, as many have reported.
(Continued in next post) Clear skies, Alan
I've always embraced "Try before you buy," but the local camera store stopped carrying Canon. I ordered a pair, determined to return them if necessary. After using them extensively for the last week, I am impressed and they will stay.
They are fatter than the 12x36, but the rounded surfaces with an indented notch just past the top make them easy to hold. The first two fingers on my right hand can comfortably sit on the two IS buttons, but that could be a problem with larger hands. I wear glasses and leave the eyecups folded down. When down I like them better than the eyecups on the 12x36. But when up, they are indeed terrible, as many have reported.
(Continued in next post) Clear skies, Alan
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