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My first pair of binoculars have just arrived.  Well done to David Hinds, next day delivery as promised, free!
My first impression - they're BIG!!  I did have an idea what to expect though. I went to a local binocular shop at the weekend and had a go with a pair of Opticron 10x50s and 15x70s. My impression was that although much heaftier, they may be ok for daytime viewing handheld , scanning the landscape type of thing, so I'll try that this aft. I'm surrounded by hills. Plenty of drystone walls for support too. However, my main usage will be nighttime and I have a tripod for that.
At the mo they're attached to my tripod by the window, pointing at the sky. It's all a bit white and featureless right now though! Wish me clear skies tonight!
Darren
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Congrats on your new Skymasters. You may find that even daytime use would need a tripod. I don't recall how much they weigh, but after a while the shakes will show up.
Enjoy and let us know how your first night time viewing went!
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Certainly, if you try holding them steady for a while they become shaky, but using them as I did while out this afternoon, scanning the landscape and following the flight of planes, they were ok handheld.
Darren
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kfred
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Congrats on the 15x70's!
Hope you have clear skies, no such luck up here 
Fred
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The skies have cleared nicely here now. As I've written in the Lunar Observation forum, we've just been looking at the full moon for the first time magnified... What an amazing sight!
Darren
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Congratulations on your new Skymasters. I got mine from David Hinds as well and am thoroughly enjoying them. If you like, you can read my first observation report with them right here. Have fun and clear skies!
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KennyJ
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Darren,
Congratulations on your first binos.
Enjoy them !
I hope these "budget" 15 x 70s will give you the appetite to try out even more models of various specifications and become a "certified bino nut" like the majority of us who hang out here :-)
Regards , Kenny
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Captain's Helmsman 7 x 50
Nikon 10 x 42 Superior E
Swift Audubon Kestrel 10 x 50
Helios 15 x 70 Observation
Strathspey 20 x 90
Televue 76 APO
Zeiss 85 Diascope
Helios 102 f5 refractor
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Anonymous
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i have the skymasters 15X70 and i think that they are GREAT!
congrats.
HAVE FUN!
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Anonymous
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Another happy skymaster. I have the same binos. I really like them and the price is just amazing when comparison shopping. I personally handhold them only. I find tripods get in my way. for night viewing I either lay something out and laydown or just sitback in a chair. Even standing they are not that bad. I originally bought them for astro viewing, but have used them to watch the "blue angles" which was very impressive and brought them to yellowstone national park two weeks ago and could not believe the close ups I could get of Eagles,Elk,Moose,Bison......
My wife won't let me bring them to the Opera though. Probably hit the person in front of me in the back of the head.
I don't think I would want to go any bigger though.
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Anonymous
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To the Opera!?!?! If you brought them either the opera house is a big as a football stadium and your on the 4th tier or you like to look at the singers' facial hair. 
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Darren,
Congrats on the new binocs! Hope you get lots of use out of them for years to come.
Markus,
So 15x70 can be handhled then, without the tripod?
Cool, I'm shopping around for a pair, mainly for astro use.
I'll have to look more into the Skymaster
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I'm impressed that Markus can handhold them, and I know what he means about tripods getting in the way, but I wouldn't buy them with the intention of using them handheld without trying them out... at night. I'd really want a tripod to look at stars I think. I haven't tried them sitting in a chair yet though.
Darren
Edited by notaflag (09/29/04 09:04 AM)
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Anonymous
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You will definitely want a tripod for astronomy. There is so much to see and if you are like me, I like to gaze at some heavenly objects for several minutes. I think those binos would become unmanageable after while causing stars to dance around only to look like streaks.
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Congratulations on your new Skymasters. I got mine from David Hinds as well and am thoroughly enjoying them. If you like, you can read my first observation report with them right here. Have fun and clear skies!
Thanks for that. Interesting reading what you managed to observe. I'll bear your sightings in mind when I get a clear, moonless(ish) sky. Having said that I was amazed by how many stars I could see in the illuminated sky last night, when the naked eye could barely discern any!
Darren
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My wife won't let me bring them to the Opera though. Probably hit the person in front of me in the back of the head.
I don't think I would want to go any bigger though.
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Cheatty 20x80 Binos.
 Clear skies for everyone. Cheers
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