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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spyglass" data-source="post: 1627462" data-attributes="member: 18470"><p>Well, I got a 15x50, which I wouldn't part with.....one of the most used in the repertiore (the armoring is coming loose). I maybe use the IS 1% of the time, 'cause it's the easiest hi-power to hold steady I've ever had, or tried (I have a 12x SE, tried a 12x56 Victory and a 12x50 BN at Astronomics-thinking I could upgrade the Nikon....neither were any better in any area-and got to use a 15x56SLC a little on a recent outing...even it had nothing optically on the Canon, except being ever-so-sligtly brighter, but was harder to hold still). There's something about the combination of that bulbous body shape and the weight that just makes that thing very easy to use. And I find the image is consistently better with the IS off. I consider the 15x version to have one of the best optical complements ever put into a bino for consumer use, even without the IS. It is very nearly as sharp as the big SE, and that is saying something (the difference is no more than a pudendal hair). I do, however, really wanna audition the 10x42IS.....have heard that is a real performer (with a 7 element ep, Canon-designed, it oughta be....).</p></blockquote><p></p>