BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fireform" data-source="post: 1624449" data-attributes="member: 65457">FWIW, I've owned all of the SEs for extended periods and the 8x is the only one I really feel comfortable hand holding.  I did an extended A/B with the 8 and 10x versions and found I couldn't see more with the 10x handheld.  The 12 is for me really not hand holdable.  I'm using mine off a monopod and getting a lot of joy from it.  Again, only FWIW.I've used my 8x SEs in every kind of bad weather and the endless humidity of south Florida and never had them fog internally.  I just stick them inside my jacket when it's pouring rain.  They're hardly the water soluble toys some people think.</blockquote>