High magnification of 15x means that the Canon 15x50 IS unit will give

The Canon 15x50 IS All Weather binoculars will set you back a hefty sum (£676), but they're worth every penny if you're an outdoors enthusiast. With 50mm lens and a whopping 15x magnification, they don't come much better than this.

The image stabilization works beautifully and for viewing game at high power and long ranges it is essential. I really was amazed at the stabilization. I did not feel however that the optics quality and clarity was up to the price tag!

image stabilization

no lens covers; strange eye cups

This is an amazing optical system. The IS System is stellar and for normal lighting, I highly recommend these binoculars. However, control of light in difficult circumstances is not up to the standard of the world-class (European) optics -- Zeiss and Swarovski, in particular.

I bought the 15 x 50 IS binoculars primarily for plane spotting. I had previously used a pair of the 10 x mag Canon IS binoculars and was impressed with the optical quality.I have been using a pair of 12 x 50 bins and a 30 x 80 telescope for some years but wanted something a bit 'up market' that...

Easy to Use; Great Resolution

Carry Case; Price

After having waited 2 plus weeks for another supplier to provide my binoculars and their not being able to tell me when the goods might arrive, I turned to Mark at Smifu. He was professional, did not give me false hopes, and checked availability - in contrast to the other supplier!

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Quality Lenses; Strong Construction; Works Well With Glasses

I've used these binoculars for astronomy and bird watching for about 2 weeks. They are outstanding, even without using the image stabilization. It's remarkable to experience how jitter vanishes when the stabilization is engaged: the moons of Jupiter pop out, and central peaks within large lunar...

I love these binocs. I highly recommend them to anyone.

I spend my time looking at the moon through these binocs, which looks like you can reach out and touch it; I was amazed to see how clearly I can pick up Jupiter and its moons; I can even see conglomerations of starts.

There are no caps for the lenses and the caps for the oculars do not stay on very well; You can not change the batteries whilst the binocs are mounted on the tripod.

I am rather disappointed with their performance. I bought them for birding lakes and estuaries to replace my trusty Zeiss West 15x60 binoculars. The problem is I can no longer hand-hold 15x steady enough to get the benefit of the high magnification.