Dito on the batt pack! The design could have been better engineered. I've
hung mine on the view finder. Also, I didn't like the way the try fit, the
screw that holds it on, screws completely through the try. I've found that
if you don't tread it completely through, and the rotate the screw along
with the try it holds in place much better.

I still have trouble with aligning; time will heal my ignorance. Hopefully.


"pinkling" wrote in message
ink.net...
On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 01:21:57 GMT in
.net, "Al Gartner"
graced the world with this thought:

but I'm not out there with a
bubble level or anything fancy like that.

a bubble level isn't exactly "fancy," you can probably pick up a small
plastic one for two bucks at the local hardware. It will make a
difference. Also, check that power cord where it plugs into the mount,
if it's loose, and it can be so loose that the plug literally falls
out on it's own, use a small screwdriver to carefully bend that pin
inside the hole--just a little--to put some friction on the plug when
it's inserted, so it will stay in with good contact. Find a place to
hang the battery pack so it rotates with the scope, and never puts
pressure on the cord. Maybe none of this will help (although I think
levelling will), but it can't hurt. Those plugs drive me nuts, that
battery pack is really a **** poor design.
Good luck, don't get discouraged.