Bino tripod mount

Clarry (Clayton) · #1 20-04-2009, 03:02 PM

Hey people, I saw this thing on ebay. It looks like it would do a reasonable job but I can't work out how it would attach to my binoculars. I assume you would need a threaded hole to suit the bolt but my binoculars don't have this, in fact I don't think I've ever seen a pair that does. Anyone got a clue on this?

erick (Eric) · #2 20-04-2009, 03:13 PM

Most modern binoculars have a threaded hole under a screw off cap between the barrels, on the pivot axis - opposite end to the eyepieces. Might be a little picture or some words on the cap that give you a clue. Older binoculars (eg. my 1960's pair!) may not have this.

This one for sale will be plastic. If you have bigger binoculars, I'd go for a metal one. They sell for around $19-20.

Clarry (Clayton) · #3 20-04-2009, 11:47 PM

Thanks erik, yeah mine are an old Russian pair I bought in a disposal store back in 1985. No thread on these I'm afraid. Oh well.

erick (Eric) · #4 21-04-2009, 10:33 AM

Try making your own. Here is a great design:-

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=43768

I built up a wooden version for my old binoculars - that clamps around the pivot bar.

dannat (Daniel) · #5 21-04-2009, 10:51 AM

Clayton , there are commercial ones to purchase, i think nikon has one available for about 40 US, hunt around

DobDobDob (Ron) · #6 21-04-2009, 11:57 AM

Then again there is this alternative, the nice bloke trading this, has the mount part at the top which has the threaded part: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=43999 if only he wasn't so lazy and would take a photograph, then everyone could see it