BryanP
Little known member
Well, after five years of diligent saving the change jar is again empty. Why you ask? Because after going a little nuts for those five years I was finally able to splash out for a pair of 8x42 Victory SF's. It was a long and protracted period of insanity and its not quite over yet. Hopefully it'll release its hold on me once I have them in hand.
I don't have them in hand yet as they are winging their way to me as I write this. Well factually, they are winging their way to Vancouver but I'll cross paths with them there next month.
In the mean time I'm trying not to let my expectations for the SF's get the better of me. As an antidote to those expectations I've been reading reviews, stalking the zeiss forum and salivating over unnecessary accessories. Unnecessary items like fancy harness systems, clever quick release strap systems and all kinds of other equally important systems. Willing the shipping tracking status bar to get a move on is also part of the fun.
While indulging in this pleasant and relatively harmless pastime it occurred to me that I haven't read or heard much about ways and means of attaching the SF to a tripod. I know that Zeiss shows their rather expensive Binofix tripod mount system on their website but well, its expensive, looks awkward to set up quickly in the field and doesn't seem to pack small. It also doesn't bode well for legitimate alternatives if Zeiss is showing the Binofix as the only tech for mounting their binoculars to a tripod.
In the entire five years I was dropping precious precious quarters in the change jar this topic never entered my fevered brain till now so my formal question to the illuminati here is;
Can the SF can be fitted up with a traditional tripod adapter? If not how do folks mount the SF without going with the Zeiss Binofix?
I'm not above a handmade solution so fire away if you have a sufficiently kooky idea. Going the homemade Rube Goldberg contraption route usually seems to trigger a nice dopamine rush, so bonus points there.
Cheers,
Bryan
PS. There is a retailer in the states called Outdoorsman that will, for a fee install a stud on the SF that one can then attach a traditional tripod mount to, or so it seems. They claim it won't void the warranty but even so I probably wouldn't send the SF's in for this modification. Apart from other considerations I expect that once I have the SF's in my mits I won't want to part with them away anytime soon.
I don't have them in hand yet as they are winging their way to me as I write this. Well factually, they are winging their way to Vancouver but I'll cross paths with them there next month.
In the mean time I'm trying not to let my expectations for the SF's get the better of me. As an antidote to those expectations I've been reading reviews, stalking the zeiss forum and salivating over unnecessary accessories. Unnecessary items like fancy harness systems, clever quick release strap systems and all kinds of other equally important systems. Willing the shipping tracking status bar to get a move on is also part of the fun.
While indulging in this pleasant and relatively harmless pastime it occurred to me that I haven't read or heard much about ways and means of attaching the SF to a tripod. I know that Zeiss shows their rather expensive Binofix tripod mount system on their website but well, its expensive, looks awkward to set up quickly in the field and doesn't seem to pack small. It also doesn't bode well for legitimate alternatives if Zeiss is showing the Binofix as the only tech for mounting their binoculars to a tripod.
In the entire five years I was dropping precious precious quarters in the change jar this topic never entered my fevered brain till now so my formal question to the illuminati here is;
Can the SF can be fitted up with a traditional tripod adapter? If not how do folks mount the SF without going with the Zeiss Binofix?
I'm not above a handmade solution so fire away if you have a sufficiently kooky idea. Going the homemade Rube Goldberg contraption route usually seems to trigger a nice dopamine rush, so bonus points there.
Cheers,
Bryan
PS. There is a retailer in the states called Outdoorsman that will, for a fee install a stud on the SF that one can then attach a traditional tripod mount to, or so it seems. They claim it won't void the warranty but even so I probably wouldn't send the SF's in for this modification. Apart from other considerations I expect that once I have the SF's in my mits I won't want to part with them away anytime soon.