I have a set of these and confirm thay are great. But as Chris has said, they do need a crankable tripod. This Manfrotto 161BK added a further $US600 ish to the deal but I did buy the dolly at the same time, and shipping for the two items was about $US150. But this item wasn't available in Oz, so I had no choice. Great binos though once you've got them on the right tripod
