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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Omid" data-source="post: 3317177" data-attributes="member: 16724">My prediction is somewhat different: Digital binoculars will get better and better and will become more common. Same with stabilized binoculars. But they will not replace traditional binoculars in the same way that digital photography completely replaced film photography.The situation will be similar to bolt-action rifle vs semi-automatic rifle. The latter did not replace the former for sporting purposes (e.g. hunting, shooting sports, etc.) Similarly, motorcycles did not replace bicycles. A stabilized binocular have inherent flaws: they will cause a motion lag when scanning a scene. This is due to the fundamental laws of automatic (feedback) control and can not be fixed. A digital binocular will have far less contrast than a direct-view binoculars and will also need batteries to operate. It might offer some advantages but those are not as huge as the advantages of digital photography over film photography. -Omid</blockquote>