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On the subject of buying Bino's if you have a bigger budget I would not hesitate to grab the Oberwerk 100mm Bino's. They come with their own sturdy tripod, rotating barrel fitted with 24mm and 40mm erfles and backpack carry case. With the addition of a paralellogram or unimount to allow the binocs to go close to vertical you have a fantastic wide field veiwing platform that will gather attention at the next observing night for sure. I have had the opportunity to look through these from dark sky sites a few times and they are great. There is a lot to be said for using two eyes and getting as many photons into them as you can! Andrews have a cheaper clone of them called the Giant 25/40 x 100 SB and they charge $1500.00 for them. Worth every cent! A couple of years ago the Oberwerks sold for around $2500.00 to $3400.00.
If you would like a history lesson they started life as Chinese military field binoculars hence the backpack carry case.
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