Bob, the photos I've seen of you show you wearing glasses correct? Then
look for the longest 'eye relief' you can find. 15mm at the very, _very
_ minimum. 17mm+ would be better. I did a lot of trying a few years ago
and that was the main lesson that I learned. I rejected a bunch of
otherwise stellar optics for their short eye relief. I ended up with
these very fine Pentax but they are too heavy and at 10x to much
magnification for general travel. Pentax does seem to give good bang for
the peso though so you might give their smaller models a try. One thing
that sold me on the Pentax below was the rapid acquisition of the image.
i.e. the ability to bring up the binoculars and see the bird or whatever
with a minimum of fuss. The Pentax beat out some much higher priced
models in this regard giving up very little brightness and clarity. That
mostly around the edges. The image just snapped into focus. Bottom line,
try before you buy. This can't be stressed enough for such a personal
choice.
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/278461-USA/Pentax_62616_10x43_DCF_SP_Binocular.html>
Mike
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