Looking forward to your next book on hunting optics John. Lots of good points being made here on personal preferences and for me, I prefer the 8x mainly for the reasons you've pointed out already. I do most of my glassing hand held, so I get a better view (steadier) with the 8x's. I've owned 10x and when I can support them, I do get a better picture so to speak, but being a whitetail hunter, most of my bino use is at shorter distances in typical whitetail habitat.
