10x50 or 12x50

Gunnie3035

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I'm going to buy a pair of Swarovski EL's as soon as I find the right price. I can't decide on whether to go with the 10 or 12 x 50. My question is how difficult is it to hold the 12's steady??
 
The 12x are the way to go... they freehand very well and perform even better when on a support mechanism.
 
I'd go with the 12's too. I used 10x's for years and switched up to 12's a couple years back. I can't believe how much I was missing out on with the extra power. Of course they were not Swaro's though, I can't afford em. haha.
 
LAST EDITED ON Feb-13-13 AT 06:47AM (MST)[p]I went with the EL 12's over the 10's. The size and weight difference was really close between the two. They do have a little shake if it is windy or your breathing hard. But holy crap these bino's are the chit. I thought it might be a slight upgrade going from a Lecia 10x42BN, to the newer EL series, but to my eyes it was a big upgrade. They cost as much as a used OHV, but it is worth every cent.
 
I disagree with most here. I have Fujinon 7X50's and 10X50's. These are amazing binos with no need to focus (individual eye focus) as well as flat plane imaging). In short I think they are as good as swarovski's. They have less eye strain than any bino I have ever used (including EL's because of the focusing issue). They are much cheaper and much heavier. Not trying to talk you into these, but wanted to give you some background on what I use. I am also young with good eyesight.

If I am looking for barbary sheep or coues deer, then I use the 10's, but its difficult for me to glass free hand with them. I have to sit and rest on my knees for any real glassing and a tripod is still much preferred. I can't imagine using a pair of 12's without a tripod. The eye strain is immense trying to free hand these. I have a buddy with 12's who can't find anything becuase he can't stand to look through them for more than 30 seconds at a time. I find way more (as in all) animals with my 7X50's. If I am doing a hunt with lots of glassing then my 10's go, but I make a point to sit and glass or sit with tri-pod and glass. If elk hunting or something that is not purely glassing and I am not looking for ears and tails etc., then I take my 7's.

So it all depends (on how you are going to use them), but If I were buying the swarovski EL 12X50's, they would be strickly used on a tripod and I would know that going in to it.
 
RE: 10x50 or 12x50ow easut there is a difference in looking at the two side by side at a dealers boots in a show display and looking through them for hours on end.y the 12 was to hand hold, b

If you are going to do a lot of stationary glassing where you can get a support, I'd go the 12x. Either the 10x50 or the 12x50 SV's are the best binocular I have seen. The more freehand you do, the greater the odds of the 12x getting the best of you at the end of the day.

I was frankly flat out amazed at easy the 12x was to hand hold, I would not have believed it had I not seen it myself.
 

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