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  1. Saxatilis

    Short vs standard column for better stability?

    Thank you all for the appreciated opinions concerning the short/standard column topic at which I was and am interested. Sincerely, I'm currently okay with my current equipment, as far as tripods and video heads used for the two instruments (spottingscope and angled binoculars). A more than good...
  2. Saxatilis

    Short vs standard column for better stability?

    Hi I use a couple of 20mm Plossl eyepieces giving a 19× magnification for raptor migration counts. They are OK to me. I also have the 16mms and 12mms but are only occasionally of use and not for this purpose
  3. Saxatilis

    Short vs standard column for better stability?

    Hi all Here is my current gear in the field for raptor migration counts: the Oberwerk BT 70-45 and the Sirui VH-10 video head with the Berlebach Report 3022 (standard 50cm column) for greater stabilty in a windy location west of Genoa. Best
  4. Saxatilis

    Short vs standard column for better stability?

    Thanks to everyone for your opinions. I already have a 36mm-leg carbon tripod with no column (Innorel NT364C, see pic together with my Nikon ED82 spottingscope alongside) but comparing it to the sturdy Berlebach Report 3022, the latter is better in vibration-damping with the Oberwerk BT 70-45...
  5. Saxatilis

    Short vs standard column for better stability?

    Hi Mike thank you, I try to explain better: in neither case (50/10cm) I would raise the column of an cm, always keeping it retracted, but I was wondering if a column longer and more exposed - for example - to wind can not induce more vibration than a shorter and almost all inserted in the hub of...
  6. Saxatilis

    Short vs standard column for better stability?

    Hi all, I have, among others, a solid Berlebach Report 3022 tripod with a Sirui VH-10 head on which I mount my Oberwerk BT-70 angled binoculars (4,3kgs) a combo that satisfies me. The Berlebach wooden tripod has a rather long, standard 50cm column, which I do not use, because with that...
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