I get requests all the time for advice on conventional
binoculars, advice on binoculars with cameras (
digital binoculars), advice on binoculars with image stabilization (
IS binoculars), advice on binoculars with
night vision. On rare occasions, though, I get a customer that wants all of these built into one
super binocular. I explain that such a product does not exist, simply because there is no room in a binocular for all these mechanisms and, of course, even if there was, the binocular would be too large to hold, not to mention the cost would be prohibitive. I suppose it’s the same mentality at work that wants a cell phone that can also take pictures, find your location in traffic, get you on the internet, watch DVDs, listen to music and so on. Personally, all I want in a cell phone is a phone. All I want in a binocular is a binocular.