I have a pair of Fujinon 10x70s which I love spending time lying down on a camp-bed and scanning the sky with. I bought them online for slightly more than $1000, and they are about the largest size you can comfortably hand-hold. There is a bit of a trick to big binos, they seem to be more stable if you hold them out near the objective end.
The Fujinons have extremely good eye-relief, excellent optics and are so well made they can take a direct hit from a 6" naval shell, and still split Antares. Well maybe not, but you get the idea. I understand some country's navy uses them anyway, so presumably they work underwater too - I wouldn't know.
cheers,
Andrew.
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