As I get older, I seem less and less able to get along with 10x
binoculars. I know, I know, today's fifties is like yesterday's forties or something, but it doesn't change the fact that I just can't steady a 10x
binocular the way I could when I was younger. To be sure, as I approach my senior years, there are more important issues, but it does spook me a little to know that I have lost something. Don't get me wrong - I am not about to go with an
image stabilized binocular. The situation is not that critical. Just means that I now have to shop for some more 7x and 8x
binoculars. What a shame.