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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ali the brewer" data-source="post: 3537210" data-attributes="member: 141540"><p>Thanks for all the advice guys, at least I have a good starting point now!  Interestingly I asked a question regarding binoculars on an astronomy forum (for astronomy use, obviously!).  As the consensus answer there was 10x42, I think that that will be good for the two hobbies as both will be for occasional use only.  Luckily my birthday is on Thursday and my wife says she will get me a pair, so a smaller, lighter pair of 6 or 8x30 for birding of the sort I will be doing sound just right!!</p></blockquote><p></p>