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10X50 vs. 7X50
I'm going to buy binocs. I've read the ten power require a tripod due to
the natural shakiness of hands, but the 7 power not. Is that extra 3-power worth the extra $$ for a tripod and adaptor? MY HALLIBURTON BOARD OF DIRECTORS RIGHT OR WRONG! |
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I'm going to buy binocs. I've read the ten power require a tripod due =
to the natural shakiness of hands, but the 7 power not. Is that extra 3-power worth the extra $$ for a tripod and adaptor? Hi Rom, There are other advantages with using binoculars on a tripod. With a=20 tripod your binoculars stay put when you're checking charts or other=20 references. Personally, i find 10x binoculars fairly easy to handhold.=20 My most used astro binoculars are 10x42. But any binocular benefits=20 from being mounted on a tripod. -Florian |
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Florian wrote:
I'm going to buy binocs. I've read the ten power require a tripod due to the natural shakiness of hands, but the 7 power not. Is that extra 3-power worth the extra $$ for a tripod and adaptor? Hi Rom, There are other advantages with using binoculars on a tripod. With a tripod your binoculars stay put when you're checking charts or other references. Personally, i find 10x binoculars fairly easy to handhold. My most used astro binoculars are 10x42. But any binocular benefits from being mounted on a tripod. "Tripods" are not really very bino-friendly. Look into a parallogram mount such as the Unimount by Universal Astonomics. Once there, something on the order of 15x70 is really a neat way to go. Phil |
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I've read the ten power require a tripod due to
the natural shakiness of hands Don't believe everything you read. Go to a store. Try 10x50's. Pick a sporting goods or camera store where you can test this issue for yourself. If they are too unsteady for you to hold on target easily during the day, then they will be at night as well. john |
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I would suggest a telescope store or a camera store that sells high end binos. I would stay away from sporting goods stores as the binos that they sell are usually Bushnell junk. -mij "Izar187" wrote in message ... I've read the ten power require a tripod due to the natural shakiness of hands Don't believe everything you read. Go to a store. Try 10x50's. Pick a sporting goods or camera store where you can test this issue for yourself. If they are too unsteady for you to hold on target easily during the day, then they will be at night as well. john |
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 01:47:31 GMT, Phil Wheeler
wrote: "Tripods" are not really very bino-friendly. Look into a parallogram mount such as the Unimount by Universal Astonomics. I find that to be an odd statement. A tripod is not a mount. It's a stable base to which a mount can be attached. Most parallelogram mounts that I've seen have been attached to tripods! Sketcher To sketch is to see. |
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I've read the ten power require a tripod due to
the natural shakiness of hands, but the 7 power not. Is that extra 3-power worth the extra $$ for a tripod and adaptor? A bino's weight also has alot to do with it, but many stargazers find 10x50s handholdable, with an exit pupil closer to their own dark-adapted pupil size. Using the formula 'weight x power', gives a good idea of relative ease for manual bino handling (21oz. 10x50s and 30oz. 7x50s would seem equally handholdable). |
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Don't bother with 7x50's if you are growing older. A 7mm pupil is
better for the young in really dark sky situations. Even moonlight will probably lower your pupil diameter enough to make the 10x50's more useful. 10x50s give a bigger picture which is always useful. 7x50s always seem rather too low in power to me. Most people have vehicles, walls, fences, boats, branches, or even rocks that they can lean their elbows on when using binoculars. A home-made broom handle of suitable length with simple padded crossbar to support the handheld binos works well enough in the back yard. A telescoping camera monopod with padded crossbar would be rather more practical for dark sky sites away from home. Tripods with pan and tilt heads are a pain. The higher you point the less room there is for your chin and the harder it is on your neck!. You'll think you've got whiplash injury after a few minutes! Loungers and sun beds are probably the way to go if you want to spend a lot of time looking high overhead. Now what was the question again? ;-) Chris.B |
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