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Originally Posted by SkyWatch
Hi Renato,
I agree with the other posters. I can hand-hold for a short time even with my 22x60 and 25x100 binos, but there is always some unsteadiness even with 8x, and this is most noticeable for astro viewing. You simply can't avoid the unsteadiness caused by your heart-beat for instance!
Your original quote talked about day-time viewing, when small amounts of shaking are not so noticeable- especially if you are using them for landscape viewing.
If you want to look closely at astro objects at any power with binos, then a mount of some sort makes life easier.
All the best,
Dean
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Hi Dean,
Yes things are very different for astro viewing. I'm a bit funny about that. Some times I go a year or two hand holding at 15X and at 18X (though not at 20X). Then suddenly I go all finnicky and mount the binoculars - even 10X ones - onto tripods, and hand hold the tripods, where the extra weight and the tripod leaning against my body steadies things a lot when viewing at a high angle. Sometimes I even put the tripod on the ground for full steadiness.
Regards,
Renato