Personally I'd go for a trail cam, but I have several pairs of binoculars already.
I think you're right Ged. After a fair bit of web searching, I ordered the Docter 8x21 as reccomended by Doc and cbr6fs on this forum. At 80 grams they will always be taken with me, and hopefully offer superior 8x magnification, [as Docter Optiks are apparently the old East German Zeiss factory.]
I dont plan on using them for extended viewing.
I did have a look through the Opticron 8x30 yesterday, as I was passing as dealers, and was impressed. Not so impressed with the 8x25 opticron trailfinder 2. So Im hoping the Docter 8x21 porro will outperform them?
An american Airman reviews them here.
[video=youtube;Jf8pJQwTuOI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf8pJQwTuOI[/video]
I may keep or sell the Trail Cam, and save the pennies for a bigger, heavier pair, that I would probably leave out of my rucksack.