Jim wrote:
I have a very low opinion of binoculars after owning a pair of very good
ones. They are too heavy to hand-hold steady for any length of time. Your
arms will tire more quickly than you can believe. Eventually you will come
to the conclusion that you need a tripod.

Using tripod mounted binoculars are a pain as well since viewing near the
zenith is a contortionist's nightmare.


The real answer with binos is a parallelogram mount. My Unimount makes
using binos a real joy. And I can mount a spotting scope or camera on
it equally well.

Phil