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Canon 18.50

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As an old man, rather than check my bank balance while lying in my Coffin, I purchased the canon 18.50 stabilised. Living on the Scottish moors, there is no light pollution or other houses etc. The Stabilisation is excellent, and there is enough adjustment to use them without my glasses, and they are a pleasure to use. I checked out other Stabilised ones, but these suit my purpose.
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I have a friend that has a couple of different stabilized Canon binoculars and he really enjoys them as well.
Good that you are enjoying yours.
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Re: Canon 18.50

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They are very nice binoculars. Glad you are getting good use of them!
Scopes: Vixen VMC200L, D=200mm, F=1950, f/9.75; Televue 2" Everbright diagonal. Coronado PST; AstroTech EDT 80mm, F=480, f/6.
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I have Canon 15x50 stabilized binos. Agreed, they are great but a bit heavy. I mate them on a cheapo adjustable monopod with a ball head. Then sitting a patio chair that swivles, place the monopod between my legs. No more tired arms! In essence the swivel chair, monopod/ballhead, and myself become an alt/azimuth mount.
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Re: Canon 18.50

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Wise decision, enjoy your new binos!
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

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