Hello Rokslide,
I've been using Diamondbacks with an outdoorsman stud in a tripod for years.
I recently inherited a pair of Zeiss Victorys after my grandfather passed away. The glass on these obviously blows my Diamondbacks out of the water, and they have pretty serious sentimental value to me, so I'd like to use them in the field for as long as possible.
These Zeis binos have no place to mount a stud. The hinge goes so far towards the objective lenses that I'm not sure I'd even want to. I think this design also nixes the option to use something like the Leupold bino clamp.
I called Zeiss with this question, and they recommended their product called the Binofix that straps over the top. They want $218 for it, which is straight-up insulting.
I called cameraland for an alternative, and they sell the Swarovski Universal Tripod adapter for half the cost. That's right, Swarovski is the budget option.
Does anyone have any experience with the Swarovski adapter? Do you think it's truly universal? Are there any better options for binos that have huge hinges?
I'm not against a Leupold clamp or an RSS cinch adapter, but have no experience with them and imagine it could unbalance a tripod or make it un-ergonomic to pan if the body of the tripod extends so far back from the pivot point.
I've been using Diamondbacks with an outdoorsman stud in a tripod for years.
I recently inherited a pair of Zeiss Victorys after my grandfather passed away. The glass on these obviously blows my Diamondbacks out of the water, and they have pretty serious sentimental value to me, so I'd like to use them in the field for as long as possible.
These Zeis binos have no place to mount a stud. The hinge goes so far towards the objective lenses that I'm not sure I'd even want to. I think this design also nixes the option to use something like the Leupold bino clamp.
I called Zeiss with this question, and they recommended their product called the Binofix that straps over the top. They want $218 for it, which is straight-up insulting.
I called cameraland for an alternative, and they sell the Swarovski Universal Tripod adapter for half the cost. That's right, Swarovski is the budget option.
Does anyone have any experience with the Swarovski adapter? Do you think it's truly universal? Are there any better options for binos that have huge hinges?
I'm not against a Leupold clamp or an RSS cinch adapter, but have no experience with them and imagine it could unbalance a tripod or make it un-ergonomic to pan if the body of the tripod extends so far back from the pivot point.
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