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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BurmKiller" data-source="post: 1577398" data-attributes="member: 42493">Having had a few days to play with them I can say that from a stability standpoint, I have no difficulty using them for my purposes.  That said, they are heavy as far as binos go, so I can see where it would be interesting to focus on a fixed point for a period of time.  I would definately prefer one of my scopes for that.  These are to quickly spot impacts on paper targets for me, and general use like spotting from my Cessna.  In a situation where you were trying to focus on say a stationary bird for a period of time - you are better off with a scope.My only real complaint with these is the distance the eye cups are apart.  On my Swarovski 10x42 EL's (which do have noticably clearer images) I have the bino's opened about 40% of the way - about average.  On the 15x56 SLC NEU's I have them completely closed.  Now, with 56mm openings the tubes must be that large, so I understand why - just one of those unexpected things....By the way - I have the angled version of the Leica APO scope that Patriot222 shows in his pictures - and I cannot say enough good things about it - other then the very short eye relief, it is an outstanding scope.</blockquote>