Cameras and Lenses
I would appreciate some advice when buying my first birding binoculars.
Hello everyone. I am completely new to the forum, and pretty new to birding in general.
So far I have been using a pair of binoculars that I inherited from my grandad, they are PRAKTICA Sport binoculars, 10 x 25.
They work pretty well, but I wouldn't mind getting something with a bit more zoom and a bigger objective lens.
I found some binoculars on ebay, PRAKTICA again, with 20 x zoom and a 50mm objective lens,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Praktica-20x5...958161480616102
But I really have no idea if these are worth the money, or are a cheap option that sounds good but don't really work that well.
Unfortunately money is an object, so cheaper binoculars are better. I am happy to save up if need be 
Thank you for any advice anyone can give me.
Welcome to Birdforum.
I had some PRAKTICA 10 x 25 ... terrible bins. They worked but you can do a lot better.
I'd forget the PRAKTICA 20 x 50 zoom too. Zoom bins are a bad idea. High magnification doubley so.
So let's see if we can point you in the right direction.
How much money do you have spend on these?
You can also try a search ... there are plenty of "my first bins threads" here and they might start to give you an idea of what you might want.
Yashca,
Wellcome to the forum. Take a bit of time and read round the various posts. 20x is probably going to be a bad choice. Most would suggest 8x or 10x at the most. When hand held, the extra "wobble" normally overides any advantage of higher magnification.
Tell us more about what you think the limitations of your Practica are and how you want to use the binos. Hand held, on a tripod, nature ramble, from a hide etc.. £20 is a very tight budget. How much head room can you manage? If you can be more specific it's going to help.
David