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G'day James,
Were you happy with 7x magnification? You can see fainter stuff with higher magnification binoculars (e.g., 10x50 or 12x50) but they are harder to hold steady after a certain point and will have a smaller field of view. This matters less if you mount them but I am guessing that you hand hold your binoculars like most people do? Do you prefer a wider field of view with not so good image quality towards the edge or better image quality at the edge but a smaller field of view (for <=$200 I am afraid that you cannot have both a wide field of view and good image quality near the edge of the field of view unless you find a good second hand deal on something like a 7x50 or 10x50 Kunming BA8 series binocular)? Is weight a significant issue, e.g., would it matter if the binoculars weighed 1.5kg rather than 1kg? With a bit more information we can make better suggestions.
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