Often, manufacturers try to accomplish being inexpensive and being lightweight at the same time. This article is intended to help cut through some of the confusion on getting a good pair of binoculars.
You may use your binoculars for sporting (watching your favorite team from the stands), hunting (they won't weigh you down or take much space), birdwatching (you can hold them steady for long periods without tiring), or just everyday nature lovers. High power spotting scopes, or binoculars, where the power exceeds 10x will need to be mounted on a tripod. Each object you look at out of a solar system is one in which the light you are seeing is what happened sometimes millions of years ago, a telescope is truly an amazing instrument, which is the exact opposite of a microscope.
Size is dictated by the objective lens. The lens size does not indicate lens quality, however the larger the lens size the brighter the view and the larger the field of vision. Binoculars with larger fields of view may work better, but the cost is considerably more.
But when magnification is increased in binoculars, the brightness as well as the field of view decreases. The lower priced binoculars are generally cheaper because they have a lower field of vision and are made with cheaper lenses. Galactic clouds and star clusters look dim when viewed by the naked eye, but with binoculars they are much clearer.
You want to keep these for years to come so you might as well be comfortable. All around the world people of all ages enjoy bird watching.