I already had 11x80’s, purchased for a kings ransom back in the 80’s (again from York). For these, I had built a parallogram mounting. These work beautifully, and are very inexpensive to make. My secret was using a manfrotto tripod head to adapt the bino to the mount. Was that cheating?
The only problem I found with using such a mount is that the binoculars are now steady, and the images still. Poor optical quality becomes readily apparent. The view can be disappointing. They were, after all, only cheap binoculars. Cost $300 when that would have been the average weekly wage. The desire for the superlative 16x70 Fujinon takes form, but at their price I will need to starve for 3 months, which is getting more of a challenge.
However, I do notice that their price has been reduced of late…
http://www.amazon.com/Fujinon-710767.../dp/B0002GTTEU
hmmm