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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kkokkolis" data-source="post: 3305406" data-attributes="member: 127913"><p>Speaking of IS, I wonder why Zeiss restricted her IS technology to a very big and expensive 20x60, which is mainly an astronomy binocular and impractical for birding, tourism etc. Canon has even a 8x25, Zeiss, Swarovski or Leica could make 10x32 or 14x42 with their glass and their (Zeiss) or licenced IS technology, as did Nikon from Fujinon (preferably from Canon since this is the most successful in the market). Field flattener, IS, widefield and low dispersion glass, it's already here in Canon 18x50. Swarovski could make it too and Zeiss could make a Victory IS in birding sizes.</p></blockquote><p></p>