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Hi Steve,
The tripod is meant for a camera,I got it off Ebay,for around $25.00,
The tripod handles the weight quite ok.
The problem was,because the binoculars were mounted right on top of the tripod,they wanted to nosedive,and self destruct,as soon as you loosened the locking bar.
By mounting them further back,it allows you to balance them much better.
Of course,if you do tilt them past their balance point they will still want to fall forward,or backwards, ( this is allways going to happen with ANYTHING tripod mounted),but you CAN now lock them in position.
The cross bar,and Nylon bolts,are there to reduce the vibration on those long barrels,which they do VERY well.
Your Meade 9x63s sound very nice,and would be very good for Astronomy,and bird watching.
But,like all of the higher powered,heavier Binoculars,they work much better when mounted
Regards.
John
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