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Brian, when I have enough fee cash, I might just look at those image stabilising bins. Are they a lot more heavy?
Beren, from my wide reading on the subject, there is an active debate though between 8 x and 10 x. The general consensus seems to be that if you are wanting better reach, such as if you are observing over hundreds of metres in very open settings, such as coastlines, you might be better to go with 10 x , but if you are mainly bushwalking, looking up in the trees around you etc, then 8 x is better because of its more stable image.
I went on really good bird walk on Friday, and the 8 x are spot on for me. It's close focus is about 2m, which meant that I could look at a red faced wattlebird that was about that distance away from me, and it was like having the bird right next to my face! With the same bins I was able to observe a graceful pair of black swans from a distance of about 150m no problems at all.
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