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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jring" data-source="post: 3331649" data-attributes="member: 133897">Hi,another 10x42 will not be more steady than the Doerr and a bit more than the 12x50. Getting a repair quote for the Nikon plus maybe a tripod adapter & tripod sounds like a reasonable way to to have your usual long-distance view but more stable. I still think that you will not be satisfied with a 10x bin at 2-3 miles unless you only watch elephants... Other options here are even higher magnification bins on a tripod, stabilized high mag bins or a scope (with or w/o binoviewer - remember though to use one you want a scope that can take astro eyepieces as binoviewers come from the astro guys).I don't know what to do with the Doerr as I don't know them - seems to be a german Name selling chinese bins which can be good or bad - My Eschenbach Trophy ED 8x42 are also chinese and they're quite good...But the narrow field of view is a turn-off...Joachim</blockquote>