Just out of the oven
Basically the 10x30 follows the trend of the review of its bigger sibling the 12x36. Many scores are nearly identical, as is the transmission curve and the pros/cons. Also some of the comments follow the same lines of the 12x36, including the comment about the effect of IS:
I feel it's justified to ask whether or not you should employ it in a device offering you just 10x magnification. The majority of users of optical instruments won't have any problems with keeping such a magnification steady in their hands. That's also why it is rather difficult to assess the efficiency of such a mechanism. Of course you can notice 'calming down' of images after switching it on but, for a person who uses 10x instruments every day, it's not an effect that provides a huge improvement of your observation comfort.
Just like in the 12x36, I find it puzzling that someone used to stargaze with binoculars says that the effect of IS is not remarkable. Even at 8x I find (as others have) the effect of IS quite noticeable on daylight use (surpassing any 8x handheld non-IS on resolving power), and for stargazing it simply makes a huge difference, both in "comfort/pleasure" as well as in detail/resolution.
I had the 10x30 and compared them directly to the 12x36 and I'd say the 10x30 are a really good allrounder, better close focus, small form factor, more portability. The main reason I kept the 12x36 is that I found since shake is no problem, I'd rather have more magnification with the small compromise of 1º in FOV. At 5º, I think the 12x are still very reasonable.
Anyway, it's great to see that Allbinos keeps making reviews of IS binoculars, let's hope the broaden their scope to other families of IS, like the more recent Canon 32 mm, or the tiny but migthy x20 IS, as well as the new breed of 10/12x30 Kite/Opticron/etc. or the 12/16x42 series which is gathering quite a lot of attention, judging by the threads and comments here on BF.
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Basically the 10x30 follows the trend of the review of its bigger sibling the 12x36. Many scores are nearly identical, as is the transmission curve and the pros/cons. Also some of the comments follow the same lines of the 12x36, including the comment about the effect of IS:
I feel it's justified to ask whether or not you should employ it in a device offering you just 10x magnification. The majority of users of optical instruments won't have any problems with keeping such a magnification steady in their hands. That's also why it is rather difficult to assess the efficiency of such a mechanism. Of course you can notice 'calming down' of images after switching it on but, for a person who uses 10x instruments every day, it's not an effect that provides a huge improvement of your observation comfort.
Just like in the 12x36, I find it puzzling that someone used to stargaze with binoculars says that the effect of IS is not remarkable. Even at 8x I find (as others have) the effect of IS quite noticeable on daylight use (surpassing any 8x handheld non-IS on resolving power), and for stargazing it simply makes a huge difference, both in "comfort/pleasure" as well as in detail/resolution.
I had the 10x30 and compared them directly to the 12x36 and I'd say the 10x30 are a really good allrounder, better close focus, small form factor, more portability. The main reason I kept the 12x36 is that I found since shake is no problem, I'd rather have more magnification with the small compromise of 1º in FOV. At 5º, I think the 12x are still very reasonable.
Anyway, it's great to see that Allbinos keeps making reviews of IS binoculars, let's hope the broaden their scope to other families of IS, like the more recent Canon 32 mm, or the tiny but migthy x20 IS, as well as the new breed of 10/12x30 Kite/Opticron/etc. or the 12/16x42 series which is gathering quite a lot of attention, judging by the threads and comments here on BF.