Choosing binoculars is often an effort to combine best price with best quality. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has reviewed a wide variety of binoculars ranging in price from less than $200 to over $3,000. A helpful graph showing choices was published in the Autumn 2013 issue of the Lab's magazine, "Living Bird." You can see it at <http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=2675>