Canon 10x42mm IS WP

Perfect for people with unsteady hands and a brilliant clear image

A bit heavy but worth it for the image quality in all conditions

The IS feature is really fantastic and makes a huge difference regardless of subject and distance. A look at the night sky will confim any doubts sceptics might have as instead of stars bouncing about they are stable and can be inspected.

Main thing is that there is some chromatic abbereration which if one is being picky is a bit of a niggle but as otherwise they are so good I'm learning to live it. To overcome the lack of protection on the objectives I've bought a couple of 52mm UV...

The image stabilising is the best bit for me which influenced my choice as I have a condition called Parkinson's which has left me with a tremor in my left arm. This meant that ordinary binoculars were totally out of the question. In use switching on...

Image lens caps are fiddly and not a very good fit. This was overcome by fitting uv filters and leaving off the caps.

Image stabilisation was very good

Chromatic aberration was worse than I expected compared with other bins I've tried.