[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Hi

I'm no expert, far from it actually, but I have had a pair of 20x80 for a couple of months now and they weigh 2kg's. I would answer your question by saying, "as high as possible". I know that's vague, but if you a trying to view the zenith at all, then it becomes very difficult. I have had a parallelogram made for me, by another forum member, and this is something that sits on top of the tripod, gives greater height and lets the user view directly overhead without bending knees and without getting a sore neck.

There are plenty of threads in this forum, just do a thread search on 'parallelogram' and you will be fine. Btw, I have a couple of tripods, different styles sourced from different places and they are exactly the same height.