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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kabsetz" data-source="post: 3599729" data-attributes="member: 10167">It will be very interesting to try the new models, compare them to the 10x42 L IS, and see whether the stabilization system has actually been improved. Canon's website which describes these new models shows the old lineup with the exception of the 10x42, which is conspicuously missing. I do hope this means that a new "premium model" with a more advanced optical design and larger exit pupils is to follow. If the IS system of the new range turns out to be superior, I may be tempted to get the 10x32 as an interim model while holding on to my 10x42, but generally I do not enjoy using binoculars with much less than 4 mm exit pupils. I have tried to come to terms with a premium 10x32 before, but had to give it up as it did not give me satisfactory images.Generally, this new range, and there being whole three of them, shows that Canon is still serious about stabilized binoculars. Well they should be, as there's precious little competition and the benefits of stabilization are huge even though unbelievably small numbers of birders have realized this.As for the eyecup issue, one must try to know, but these look like smaller copies of the x50 mm Canon eyecups, which are some of my least favorite but tolerable when kept downturned. There's ample flat surface to lean against one's brow, whereby obtaining the correct pupil distance becomes rather easy.Waiting for first user reports.Kimmo</blockquote>

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