At present the only way to exit binocular mode is with the binocular keybind. (Or being spotted by an enemy, but otherwise)

Even after hours of play I keep finding myself hitting at least one other button before I remember I need to press B. Most of the time I am hitting the keybind for the weapon slot I want to use, but unfortunately these do nothing. Sometimes I press Esc, but that just brings up the menu, obviously.


So I have two simple suggestions;

The first is that pressing a weapon keybind should put the binoculars away and bring up that weapon. There's no reason for it not to - if you are hitting a weapon key, you clearly want that weapon in your hands, and binoculars shouldn't override that.

The second is that Esc should first exit binocular mode, before a second press brings you to the menu. I could see some argument against that, and I honestly don't think this is as important as weapon keys putting binoculars away.