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Old 25-02-2017, 09:40 AM
brian nordstrom (As avatar)
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Haroon , almost any heavy duty photography tripod will do , but its the mounting that is a problem with bino's , they are top heavy and on a normal Alt/Az style ( up/down , side to side ) mount and anything above about 45 degrees causes them to flop backwards , very hard to stop without an elaborate counter weight system ..

My advise is to look at Bintel and see if they still sell the 'Parrellegram' style mount , do a google on binocular mounts and you will find them and they are awesome , not to complicated to make either if you are good with your hands and there are plenty of plans on the web , just Google ,,,,, you just need a good heavy duty and tall tripod , plenty around from $150 - $1000 , your choice .

Binocular astronomy is very rewarding when they are mounted on the parrellegram style mount , I have some 70mm bino's in NZ that are mounted this way and they are fun and easy to use allowing the binos to perform at their best .

Brian.
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