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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kabsetz" data-source="post: 3552101" data-attributes="member: 10167">I don't collect and therefore don't have all that many binoculars. On the other hand, I also don't go out of my way to sell binoculars that no longer get use, especially if they are unlikely to fetch much.What I have now, in order of oldest to most recent acquisition, are:- Carl Zeiss Jena Jenoptem 10x50 multicoated. This one has a crack in one of the prisms, but in a place that does not influence the image much. Extremely sharp at center field, but yellow image, heavy, totally non-waterproof. In the condition it is in, not worth selling but gets no use.- Nikon Travelite III 7x20. For a while, these got a lot of use, but no longer. A very nice and sharp view as I recall, but narrow field, rather prone to reflections, and also not waterproof. Will keep this for sports and theater use, maybe occasional travel.- Nikon 10x42 SE. Used this as my primary birding bino for a few years, before I got my first Canon IS. This one I will keep as a baseline reference for a first-class non-ED binocular, as it is not worth selling for what it would bring. Gets virtually no use these days except when I test optics. Then, it serves as a 10x reference for me. It got sidelined first by a Canon 15x50 IS and later by a Canon 10x42 L IS.- Leica Ultravid 8x20 BR. Got this one for my 50th birthday, to use when traveling, running, theater or sports. A ridiculously good binocular for its size, but the size does not suit me. My eyes simply don't deliver their best with a 2.5mm exit pupil. Even in bright conditions, I'm always aware with these that a bigger binocular would show me more. Will keep these until I get an 8x25 of equal or better quality, which might not happen.- Canon 10x42 L IS. I'm into my second pair of these. I updated because had an opportunity to buy a better pair for a good price, and sold the first pair for half of what I paid for the new one. Theo, Dennis and Etudiant have already enumerated the primary reasons for using these. I like a lot of binoculars, and if the IS L did not exist, would probably get myself either the Noctivid 10x42 or Swaro SLC 10x56, but since the Canon does exist, I don't use anything else except sporadically.Kimmo</blockquote>

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