Canon 18x50 Image Stabilization All-Weather Binoculars w/Case, Neck Strap & Batteries
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Customer Review: Canon 18x50 - IS All-Weather Binoculars
Summary: 3 Stars
I just bought these Canon binoculars 18-50 at Amazon.Com. Optically they are fantastic and I would rate them with 5 stars..but for the following poor design issues.
When using the holding strap it can and will damage the rubber eye pieces.
Canon designers put no thought into this.
The front lenses are too close to the front edge of the body. As a result the lenses can be easily scratched .
Canon designers put no thought into this.
If Canon increased the throat dept on front lens, they would have assured adequate scratch protection for the lens.
Canon designers put no thought into this
Lastly the protective lens caps are worthless.
Canon designers put no thought into this either.
Why do Canon design people, develop a first class pair of binoculars with world class optics , and then do a cheap crap design to the finished product . Beats me!!
Customer Review: Great except for rubber eye cups!
Summary: 3 Stars
I love these binoculars -- they do everything they promiseand the performance is spectacular. My only complaint is
that the rubber eyecups are furiously uncomfortable. I
guess I have deep eye-sockets. The eye-relief is much too
much which greatly reduces my field of view and I find
myself smashing my eyes against the cups. The cups are too
large in diamater to fit comfortably against my eyes. If I
roll the cups down, the rolled down portion of the cups is
very thick and I can't get my nose between the eyepieces...
Haven't found any sort of replacement -- may start hacking with
scissors soon!
Customer Review: Missing Common Sense Parts
Summary: 3 Stars
These are nice optics! So, Canon, why not include dust lens covers?! Come on!
Buyers: plan on purchasing pairs of screw on UV filters to protect the coated optices and lens caps!
Customer Review: Two optical defects and a design flaw
Summary: 2 Stars
Originally ordered the Canon 18x50IS as an upgrade to my superb Canon 10x30IS.
First 18x50 pair: ok for terrestrial use but displayed flairing on Jupiter through the right eyepiece (left was ok). I exchanged them.
Second 18x50 pair: Jupiter flaired in both eyepieces. I then noticed that the flairing only happened when I turned on the IS. I returned them for a refund.
Ergonomics: the rubber eyecups must be folded back for these binoculars to be usable. This helps make the eyepieces so big that there was not enough "nose relief" to get the binos close enough to my face to see the whole FOV without really jamming the binoculars in to my face (they left red marks on my nose). After some searching, I found that many others had experienced the same problem, some literally took a pair of scissors to the the eyecups to increase the "nose relief". Not a good thing to do to such expensive binos.
On a clear night from my urban (Sacramento) back yard, I used these binoculars to detect M51 - something I never thought binoculars could do from my location. Keep in mind that this feat took about 5 minutes of focused study knowing exactly where to look, and the indications of this faint galaxy that I managed to pick up were only perceptible 20% of the time. While these still perform more like binoculars than a telescope, you do get that feeling of "now your cookin with gas". Too bad my samples had bad optics and the ergonomics didn't fit my face.
One more thing: these are heavy enough that after the novelty of a new toy wears off, you wont want to travel much with them. The only use I see is astronomy, where you are reclined in a lawn chair with armrests on which you can comfortably brace for extended periods of time.
I give my existing 10x30 Canon IS 5 stars, but cant recommend the Canon 18x50.
Customer Review: failed stabilization
Summary: 1 Stars
When I push the 'stabilize' button, one 'eye' stabilizes - the other doesn't - resulting in 2 out-of-sync images. Canon had me send them to their repair center, then e-mailed me: "We are returning your BINOCULAR 15X45IS to you un-repaired. We regret that we could not be of further assistance." After calling their 800 number they explained that after 7 years they were at the 'end of life' and the parts were not available to repair them. The 15x45IS's appear the have the very same body as the 15x50s - hopefully they've learned how to make them more reliable...