I am very close to buying a nice pair of smaller binoculars. These will be used for general all purpose viewing. Actually more for travel and vacations. I recently got my parents a pair of decent $150 Pentax DCF LV 9x28 binos so they could ditch their 40 year old porros. I felt they were very nice, 13 oz. a little high in chromatic abberation though especially for high contrast nature backgrounds. I also felt they're a tad bit dark during dawn and dusk. I'm sure they're not going to complain as they worlds better than the previous pair.
So for myself I'd like to get something a bit higher end. My budget is no more than $1k so stuff like Ultravids and Swaro ELs are out. I was looking at Pentax DCF 8x32x ED or maybe even 10x43 but I think those are too big for pockets. Anybody use them and can recommend or argue against them?
Any other brands in this range and size I should consider?
So for myself I'd like to get something a bit higher end. My budget is no more than $1k so stuff like Ultravids and Swaro ELs are out. I was looking at Pentax DCF 8x32x ED or maybe even 10x43 but I think those are too big for pockets. Anybody use them and can recommend or argue against them?
Any other brands in this range and size I should consider?