Compare Steiner Military/Marine (10X50) Binocular to Canon IS II (12x36) Binocular

An excellent choice for those who need extra power and brightness. The large, 50-mm objective lenses gather more light, and present a larger image to the user, yielding a brighter view and greater stability than binoculars with smaller objective lenses. The 10 x 50’s power, brightness and great depth-of-field focusing make this an excellent choice for spotting wildlife in the field. Less

12x36 IS II Image Stabilisation binoculars... Improvements to the objective lens assembly have resulted in the binoculars being approximately 26% lighter and 10% smaller than the 12x36 IS model they replace. And reductions in power consumption mean a massive 270% increase in battery life of up to four hours using two AA-size alkaline batteries. With any high magnification binoculars, most users will experience frustrating image shake. Unless fixed to a tripod, image shake can render high magnification binoculars useless. Canon's IS technology is remarkably effective at eliminating this problem and is widely used by the television industry with Canon's professional broadcast quality video recording equipment. A special VAP (Vari-Angle Prism) corrective IS system sits between the objective lens group and the porro prism on each side of the binoculars. Within thousandths of a second of the binoculars being moved from their optical axis by vibrations, a detection system activates the IS mechanism. Less