Canon 18x50 IS

1 - Image Stabilization - With any high magnification binoculars most users will experience frustrating image shake unless they are using a tripod. However, with the IS (Image Stabilization), check out the difference in these images with the IS on and off. Makes all the difference in your viewing experience.

2 - Water Resistant - Know anyone who ruined a pair of binoculars by getting them wet or couldn't use their binoculars because of the wet environment? You don't have to worry about that with the Canon 18x50 IS Binoculars. They are not going to fog-up on you.

3 - Shock Resistant - Another great feature is the shock-resistant rubber exterior coating that gives you a nonslip grip and better durability.

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Review # 1
These things are incredible! I received a pair of the Canon Image Stabilization Binoculars as a gift from a friend and was immediately blown away by how well they work. The fact that they don't shake makes it possible to read numbers and signs at great distances. I race on sailboats and the ability to read call letters and names on competitive boats is a real help. I also got the clearest view of the moon I have ever seen last night. The large lenses really capture a lot of light, so that you can see clearly at night as well. They are pricey, but you really get you money's worth with this product.

Review #2
One of my co-workers got a pair of these from Amazon today. Wow! We stood at the window of our 24th floor office and read the menu of a hot-dog cart on a corner a block and a half away.

What really clinches it (and made it possible to read the hot-dog cart menu) is the image stabilization. If you have a high magnification, any minor shake of your hand is magnified. Try it with a video camera with one of thos high digital zooms. When you're at 100x, even the electronic image stabilization can't compensate just for the average minor muscle twitches in your hand.

The image stabilization on this is optical (i.e. analog), not digital, meaning there's no fuzzing of the image as a processor tries to adjust the image to compensate for vibration. Optical zoom and optical stabilization require more expensive mechanical components to implement, thus you'll see mid-range video cameras offering their digital counterparts to enhance or substitute for optical zooms and stabilizers.

Given, these binoculars will set you back a pretty penny, but you could go to a ball game, sit in the nosebleeds and count the laces on the ball. Definitely a very cool thing for the gadget-oriented.

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