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Old 02-10-2016, 05:48 PM
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binoscope DIY with 70mm Travelscopes

Hey People

Would this work?

2 Celestron 70/400 Travelscopes,
10 and 20mm EP, finder and diagonal included,
Arca Swiss mounting plate with 2 1/4" screws, either 140 or 200mm?
Rollei C5i-II camera tripod, supports 10kg

I saw plenty of DIY machined binoscopes on the web but with much bigger aperture, hence also require elaborate diagonal fabrications.

I assume mounting the scopes perfectly parallel on that plate should be really easy because they'll have to sit really close together to enable that stereo viewing through the diagonals.

What do you think?

Annette

I'll add my reasoning for binoscopes in the post below.
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