It is simply fantastic: viewing the sky with binoculars. Hiking through the constellations of the milky way. Just take a detour to the next nebula. And then back to the Andromeda galaxy.
Exploring the sky with large binoculars is a lot fun. If their wasn’t the problem with the weight.
A tripod is a must, otherwise your arms will get heavy, even after just a few minutes. But most large binoculars have a weight of several kilograms and most tripod heads are thus overloaded. In practice: At an inclination of more than 45° most heads will start to slip, because friction becomes too high.
But now there is a solution: The Omegon binocular mount.
It consists of a 580 mm long rail (acc. to Aka-Swiss-Rail standard) and a 1 kg counterweight. Fasten your large binoculars on the opposite side. The mount the whole assembly on your tripod head. And all problems are gone.
Perfect balancing of your binoculars relieves the tripod head and allows any movement.
The forces are balanced
You simply float across the sky by slightly increasing the friction of your tripod head. Simply move the binoculars from one object to the next. And don’t bother with extremely tightened mount clamps. It gives you the impression as if your binoculars would surf the sky on the waves of light.
Some product recommendations for the Omegon binocular fixture:
Binoculars:
• Omegon Nightstar 15×70
• Omegon Nightstar 20×80
• Omegon Argus 11×70
• Omegon Argus 20×80
Tripods and tripod heads:
• Omegon aluminium tripod Titania 800 + 3D panorama head 500 + Novoflex Swiss-Rail profile
• Manfrotto aluminium tripod 475 B Pro Digital
• Cullmann tripod panorama head CONCEPT ONE OH4.5V
• Manfrotto video pan head MVH500AH Fluid + Novoflex Swiss-Rail profile
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