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    Can gimbal heads (such as ProMediaGear GK Jr.) be used effectively for bino, spotting, telescope and camera

    I have been using the set up described in posts #10, 11, 12 for 1.5 months now. I thought I should give a description of my user experience so far for those who are still interested in this topic. Again thanks every one for the variety of opinions on this thread, I am learning something new very...
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    Does the Head Rest help on the NL 8x42?

    For me on 10x42 NL it is quite helpful for several different reasons: 1) I am an eye glass wearer, I just don't like eye cups scratch my glass and the head rest solved the problem. 2) The pupil placement is somewhat sensitive. With the head rest, I can quickly adjust to the right stand-off...
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    Can gimbal heads (such as ProMediaGear GK Jr.) be used effectively for bino, spotting, telescope and camera

    The Losmandy DVA plate came in, mounted onto a 6" Arca Swiss plate, works with the gimbal head very well. The Orion 80mm APO telescope works well with the set up. Shown here is with a 10mm Ethos, giving a 48x magnification and 2.1 degree field-of-view. Used as a fair weather version of the...
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    Gimbal Head for both long lens and Scope

    Mike, I had exactly the same question recently. Plus, I want to mount my binoculars and astronomical telescope (as a fair-weather spotting scope) as well. Did quite bit of investigation and came up with a solution that meets my own very varied day-time needs for travel photography...
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    Can gimbal heads (such as ProMediaGear GK Jr.) be used effectively for bino, spotting, telescope and camera

    John, Indeed, a limit to ~45 degree, with effort to ~55 degree, is the elevation limit for my visual use of 15x56 bino on the gimbal set up I am putting together. Any higher angle, my face would be uncomfortably against the base of the gimbal head. There is a potentially interesting gimbal...
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    Can gimbal heads (such as ProMediaGear GK Jr.) be used effectively for bino, spotting, telescope and camera

    Jerry, My journey into birding has many curious turns. I am an amateur astronomer who enjoy stargazing (so I already have many telescopes, the smallest of which is a 80mm f6 Orion ED80T-CF, ~8Lbs with 2" diagonal and a 10mm Ethos eyepiece, and binoculars, the biggest of which is Swarovski...
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    Can gimbal heads (such as ProMediaGear GK Jr.) be used effectively for bino, spotting, telescope and camera

    Thanks for the info. I agree with your observation that regular gimbal is not fluid enough for videography applications. I actually looked very closely at Gitzo fluid gimbal (and its Swavroski clone). The main problem I had with this model has a narrow profile which appears to be optimized...
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    Can gimbal heads (such as ProMediaGear GK Jr.) be used effectively for bino, spotting, telescope and camera

    Thanks Jerry! Indeed this is the general direction I am moving toward. After combining the great information I received from this forum (and from CloudyNights in another post with more focus on TeleVue NP101is refractor compatibility), I decided to forget about the 4" 18Lbs (with accessories)...
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    Can gimbal heads (such as ProMediaGear GK Jr.) be used effectively for bino, spotting, telescope and camera

    I am a photographer (full frame DSLR) and amateur astronomer who has good telescopes (101mm and 80mm APO reflectors) and binoculars (15x56) for stargazing, recently developed an interest in bird watching and terrestrial viewing. I want to optimize my equipment for versatile uses, quickly got...
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    iphone 12 pro max 2.5x telephoto lens interacting with Swarovski VPA binocular adaptor strangely

    Hi Paul, Yes, I was using the native camera app, went to your website, followed the instruction, went to the app store and bought "Pro Camera by Moment", now the problem is solved, I can now select any lens by clicking. So the problem was indeed due to iphone's own camera selection algorithm...
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    iphone 12 pro max 2.5x telephoto lens interacting with Swarovski VPA binocular adaptor strangely

    I bought an iphone 12 pro max with the intent to improve the telephoto performance of the iphone 11 when digiscoping behind a pair of binoculars. The thought was that the iphone 12 pro max has a 2.5x telephoto lens to allowing me to optically zoom in more so as not to see the circular...
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    Tripod stud for Swarovski NL

    Hi John, Thanks for such a comprehensive answer! It does sound like a risky idea to adapt to the thread. A video inside the second Outdoorsmans site clearly showed their custom NL stud with fairly large thread diameter but small pitch distance with only a few turns. I suspect the exterior...
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    Tripod stud for Swarovski NL

    Does anyone know what thread size is behind the hinge cover plate on NL? Here is my dilemma. I already have the Swarovski TAs-SLC tripod adapter which I like a lot when used with SLC 15x56 HD. I have been able to use it on other binos such as Nikon MHG because they all have the standard...
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    How to make 2x Booster compatible with current SLC 15x56

    Thanks for all the valuable information, very educational to me. I conclude it is possible to adapt the 2x booster to the current SLC 15x56 model but require some serious machine shop job to do it right, and that it is likely a gadget for "just in case" type application. So when the bidding on...
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    How to make 2x Booster compatible with current SLC 15x56

    I am new to Bird Forum, also relatively new to my Swaro SLC 15x56 WB binos, which is 2020 edition. I read that the Swaro 2x booster is only compatible with the Swaro SLC 15x56 Neu version (pre-2013) and not with WB version (post 2013). How useful the 2x booster on tripod mounted 15x56 in...
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