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Message: <blockquote data-quote="King Parrot" data-source="post: 3239305" data-attributes="member: 132842">There is a beauty in sticking with analog binocs; you are concentrated on observing the wildlife and the only adjustment you make is focus which becomes second nature so you don't even think about it. I wouldn't want to fiddle with any additional controls on the binocs. Yes would be very convenient to be able to instantly take a photo of the image you are observing, but for me works better to have a high-quality bridge camera on my belt. If the future electronic binocs from Sony follow similarly astonishing progress like their A7 full-frame cameras, we'll end up having a great product where a new model is launched every 18-24 months and the one you buy becomes obsolete in 5 years (electronics, built in battery, etc). Buying top-end binocs now can be considered a good investment as they can last 20+ years - no such thing with digital binocs and they will only cost more.If somehow in today's binocs as they are now we could have IS integrated, well that would be very tempting (not referring to the already existing IS binocs on the market - but say SV12x50 or SV15x56 unchanged but with an IS somehow <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)))</blockquote>