Upland (post #1),
Here are my 0.02 $, for what its‘s worth.
My view is that Steiner - allegedly the largest binocular maker/seller in the world - has two problems, and both are homemade:
- stupid marketing lyrics overselling their binos („Sports Auto Focus“, „UltraSharp“, and other fairytales)
- beside some very decent binos, they sell a lot of mediocre instruments.
This has caused many to turn away from Steiner altogether, and discussions on internet forums have not been overly positive for some years now.
You do come across hunters who carry a model from Steiner, but I have so far never seen a birder with one.
Because of that, it gets often overlooked that beside many not so noteworthy instruments, Steiner also produces some really good ones.
There is a total of 10 binoculars branded „Steiner“ in my collection, of which I really like two and find them very good:
Commander 7x50 (and no, it does not have an „incredible depth of field“, it has the usual depth of field of a 7x bino)
Nighthunter 8x56 (only the 2016 edition, called „ShadowQuest“ in America, not the previous version)
The other eight I have are okay or even good, but nothing extraordinary.
The new Nighthunter gets excellent ratings everywhere (see e.g. allbinos review, or various threads on CloudyNights), so people seem to agree with me at least on this model.
The Wildlife you quoted is not among my favorites, the predecessor - called Discovery - was more to my liking.
Canip