The hummingbird looks to be about the size of a human hand but then 50/6 mm thick depending on the model. Probably more suitable for a backpack than a pocket.plus you'd need a tripod taking up more space. One I was almost tempted to buy was the leica monovid monocular 8x20.very pricey, I went into a shop to buy lenses cleaning equipment and almost came out with a monovid!at the moment I have a similar sized Opticron trailfinder 8x25 which retails at about 20 percent of the monovids price.I'm very happy with the service that the trailfinder has given me plus it has an extra 5mm of apature. I remember siting on a beach at el zonte,el Salvador,with the trailfinder pacific ocean crashing in picking out Omega centauri and the southern cross, and of being in the Sydney harbour national park (surprising dark considering how close Sydney is)and looking at clusters in ara and 47 tucana. So fondness for an inanimate object got between me and leica making a large sum of money! Happy Christmas!

 

I believe that the Opticron range are made in Japan, the leica monovid is made in Portugal,my Zeiss mini quick 5x10,which just showed me Venus phases last night, in Germany.

 

No European optics you tend to think,Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Although I'm not sure that the Swiss make any?Russia makes a lot too but not sure if it's in the European or Asian part of that huge nation.I'd guess leica make their stuff in Portugal because it's cheaper?leica remains a German firm but has farmed out its production. Venus was out last night I had a walk down the beach and had a look plus m45,m31,m34,the double cluster, the Hyades,sadly a cold wind drove me back indoors after a bit.