Canon IS (18x50) Binocular
- Binoculars Type: Binocular
- Max Magnification: 18x
- Zoom Ability: Without Zoom
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Wonderful product I ever saw! But...
Pros
High power, image stabilizer, 50mm front lenses, outstanding image quality especially in day time
Cons
Expensive, heavy, large size, dark image when using in the evening, eats battery
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Highly recommend this product to astronomical amateurs, wilderness hikers, and landscape tourists.
I just got this Canon IS 18X50. I have been waiting for it for a long time. I cannot believe I eventually got my dream product! I tried it in a retailer store and finally made my decision to buy it. It costs a fortune, man!!!! Very expensive but excellent! The only disappointment to me is when I was using it at night, I found the image is kind of dark and dim. I had experience of using a Bushnell Roof Prism 12X50 at days and nights, whose image is much more brighter than this Canon IS 18X50. I guess it may be due to the high power of Canon IS 18X50, which makes the exit pupil much lower than that of low-power binoculars. I saw someone claimed that he or she was able to see the Andromeda galaxy using this Canon IS 18X50. I am not sure if this is true because I've not got a sunny night to look into the space using this wonderful binocular. I will try it myself when sunny nights are coming.
The funny thing is: when I came home with this expensive binocular, I found a scratch on one of the two objective lenses! It almost broke my heart to pieces! You can image how extremely upset I was when I found a scratch on the most critical component of this expensive product! I tried a couple of times to wipe it off with a specially made lens cloth which I bought at the same time with this Canon IS 18X50, but that scratch just persists! My heart was broken, my eyes popped up, and I could feel blood rushing to my head! I tried the third time, it works! (It is actually not a scratch, just a tough trace of dirt) Oh Boy! It scared me to heck!
I took a suggestion here, yes, I also bought a couple of objective lens filters to protect the expensive objective lens of this binocular. I was actually interested to find a pair of rubber caps, but the sale representative told me he could not find such two rubber caps for me. So I had to buy two lens filters, which come a bit expensive, too. Comparing to the original Canon objective lens, it is a must to buy lens filters. I recommend you to do this for your good.
I will see further how it brings pleasure to me. Definitely, the first thing to see is the meteorite craters on the moon.
Have a good day.
The funny thing is: when I came home with this expensive binocular, I found a scratch on one of the two objective lenses! It almost broke my heart to pieces! You can image how extremely upset I was when I found a scratch on the most critical component of this expensive product! I tried a couple of times to wipe it off with a specially made lens cloth which I bought at the same time with this Canon IS 18X50, but that scratch just persists! My heart was broken, my eyes popped up, and I could feel blood rushing to my head! I tried the third time, it works! (It is actually not a scratch, just a tough trace of dirt) Oh Boy! It scared me to heck!
I took a suggestion here, yes, I also bought a couple of objective lens filters to protect the expensive objective lens of this binocular. I was actually interested to find a pair of rubber caps, but the sale representative told me he could not find such two rubber caps for me. So I had to buy two lens filters, which come a bit expensive, too. Comparing to the original Canon objective lens, it is a must to buy lens filters. I recommend you to do this for your good.
I will see further how it brings pleasure to me. Definitely, the first thing to see is the meteorite craters on the moon.
Have a good day.
