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Pages: 1 Bill Morris sage Reged: 01/05/06 Posts: 266 Loc: Central Texas Bino mount       #772059 - 01/11/06 08:16 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I own a pair of Nikon Action 12x50 binos that are extremely difficult to keep steady. Does anyone know of a bino mount that could be purchased so these could be mounted to a tripod? Thanks. -------------------- 12x50 Nikon Binos 20x80 LW Oberwerk Binos Post Extras:       miniventures Something Else Reged: 09/13/03 Posts: 11259 Loc: Powell Butte, Central Oregon Re: Bino mount [Re: Bill Morris]       #772084 - 01/11/06 08:48 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Bill, you might find that this could be answered better in either the binocular forum or the mount forum. I have little experience with binocular mounts but you might give Orion a try--I have used their parallelogram and it was pretty stable with a similarly sized binocular. -------------------- LarryC Volunteer http://www.sunrivernaturecenter.org Post Extras:       Bill Morris sage Reged: 01/05/06 Posts: 266 Loc: Central Texas Re: Bino mount [Re: miniventures]       #772981 - 01/11/06 07:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Larry, wonder if a mod could move it over there? I'll wait and see and if not post it over there. -------------------- 12x50 Nikon Binos 20x80 LW Oberwerk Binos Edited by Bill Morris (01/11/06 07:03 PM) Post Extras:       Glassthrower Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Reged: 04/07/05 Posts: 17931 Loc: Oort Cloud 9 Re: Bino mount [Re: Bill Morris]       #773872 - 01/12/06 10:11 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Bill - A 10x50 binocular is not considered to be a "big" or "giant" binocular, so a standard camera tripod should do the trick. As for the tripod adapter, a number of options are available. I prefer what's called a Pentax adapter : http://www.eagleoptics.com/index.asp?pid=1007 I purchased mine used on eBay for $15.00. It's a little pricier compared to other tripod adapters, but it's more solid and steady than the plastic models commonly available. Good luck... MIkeG -------------------- Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars. ☄ ⒼⒶⓁⒶⒸⓉⒾⒸ ⓈⓉⓄⓃⒺ ☞ www.galactic-stone.com Post Extras:       Astro1956 member Reged: 12/23/05 Posts: 79 Loc: NE, USA Re: Bino mount [Re: Glassthrower]       #774778 - 01/12/06 07:55 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I use a cheap Bushnell adapter for my 10 X 50s and it works fine with a light camera tripod. -------------------- TV 102 Tele-Vue 60 Imaging System TV 31mm T5 TV 26mm T5 TV 20mm T5 TV 16mm T5 TV 13mm T6 TV 11mm T6 TV 9mm T6 TV 7mm T6 TV 5mm T6 TV 3.5mm T6 TV 2.5mm T6 TV 2-4 Zoom Nagler TV 13mm Ethos TV 8mm Plossl TV 11mm Plossl TV 20mm Plossl TV 55mm Plossl TV 41mm Panoptic Losmandy G11 Gemini Level 4 Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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