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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaymie Arnold" data-source="post: 3274520" data-attributes="member: 122272">Steve,Thanks for sharing your experiences and thoughts with these two binoculars!I was curious how you thought the Maven B2 compared to the Swaro 10 X 50as far as ease of holding steady.  I would presume in most circumstances a 9x bino would be slightly easier to hold steady than a 10x bino just based on magnification (9x seems like a nice compromise between 8x and 10x since 8x is favored for steadiness but 10x for detail),but a lot of the 10 power swaro users say because of the open bridge design and addedweight (particulary the 10 x 50 at 35 oz) the 10 power can be held remarkably steady much more easily than many other 10 power binoculars (though folks using the Zeiss SF 10 power say it can be easily held steady as well also due to the open bridge design).  The Maven looks like its pretty heavy at 32 oz and since it does not have the open bridge design did you find it fairly easy to hold steady because of the slightly reduced magnification?Looking forward to Part 2!</blockquote>