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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jring" data-source="post: 3472886" data-attributes="member: 133897">Hi,I don't think Bruce asked about different magnifications as 8x is fine for general birding but rather if an 8x32 would also be ok. This is usually smaller and lighter than a full size pair and offers a wider field. On the other hand, you lose some light, which will not be a problem at day but you might lose a few minutes of observation time at dawn or dusk.Btw. zoom means (smoothly) variable magnification and is usually a bad thing in binoculars - at least we haven't seen a good pair yet except for the Leica Duovid (which is not really a zoom either as it's just two fixed mags and more expensive than two pairs).Joachim</blockquote>