What is the best magnifying distance you can buy for binocculars?

There may be no BEST magnifying distance, as it will depend on what you are looking at, and where you are. For instance if you are in a wood and bird watching you would be unlikely to find too high a magnification any good as you would not be able to focus on close subjects in the trees around you. The most popular magnification therefore is probably X 8 However a good tip is to divide the first number into the second number ( ie 8 x 24 gives you 3) This final figure is the clue. The larger the number the better quality viw you get. This means a zoom device might have good light and vision at the lower magnification but gets worse as you zoom in as your 'final figure reduces! There may be no BEST magnifying distance, as it will depend on what you are looking at, and where you are. For instance if you are in a wood and bird watching you would be unlikely to find too high a magnification any good as you would not be able to focus on close subjects in the trees around you. The most popular magnification therefore is probably X 8 However a good tip is to divide the first number into the second number ( ie 8 x 24 gives you 3) This final figure is the clue. The larger the number the better quality view you get. This means a zoom device might have good light and vision at the lower magnification but gets worse as you zoom in as your 'final figure reduces!