New ATC/ STC 17-40x56 Telescope (1 Viewer)

[William Lewis]

You just shouldn't be able to unscrew a scope from a tripod plate without touching the tripod plate, might as well just have a screw sticking out the bottom of the scope.

 

[Dyrlege]

I've also used it hand held (using local support for elbow or hand) and it works quite well (as designed).
As for forcibly unscrewing it from the plate: I have a quick release plate, that works well. The original Sirui plate is 60-ish + mm long and does not disturb hand-held ops. And works with a (car) window clamp as well.
A "screw sticking out the bottom of the scope" would not, I think, be practical. The "half-sleeve" is, though.
I've hardly used my three other scopes after getting the ATC (the fourth one is a 6" reflector and doesn't count).
Per

 

[ANK]

This topic has been discussed several times in this thread. I don't like the foot AT ALL. I believe the design of the tripod foot is, to put it bluntly, idiotic. How anyone can design a tripod foot nowadays WITHOUT a safety pin is beyond me.

Search for "ATC+foot". There's plenty of information on this thread. BTW, the first thing I'd do is use a 3/8'' screw and ditch the 1/4'' to 3/8'' adapter. Forget about cork and the like, it doesn't work. The only good combination is metal on metal. But that won't work here. I'd also use a tether. That's the second thing I'd do.

Hermann

Have you tried the ATC?

I never had any problems with a "rotating" ATC - just fix the screw properly.
And for my ATX85 I use the Gitzo GHF2W, the plate has also no "safety pin" - no problems whatsoever.

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[Jason Bugay Reyes]

I've also used it hand held (using local support for elbow or hand) and it works quite well (as designed).
As for forcibly unscrewing it from the plate: I have a quick release plate, that works well. The original Sirui plate is 60-ish + mm long and does not disturb hand-held ops. And works with a (car) window clamp as well.
A "screw sticking out the bottom of the scope" would not, I think, be practical. The "half-sleeve" is, though.
I've hardly used my three other scopes after getting the ATC (the fourth one is a 6" reflector and doesn't count).
Per

Do you mind showing your ATC with the attached quick release plate on it?

 

[Dyrlege]

Do you mind showing your ATC with the attached quick release plate on it?

After I've had my morning coffee!

 

[Dyrlege]

 

[Dyrlege]

Now for cup #3
P

 

[Jason Bugay Reyes]

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Aha I like the orange colour!

So you are using the 1/4 thread with your plate...

 

[Dyrlege]

Aha I like the orange colour!

So you are using the 1/4 thread with your plate...

The adapter is seen nested in the line to the sling.
The burnt orange colour led to a delay, rumour has it that Swaro mixed the first batch incorrectly and had to redo the colour mix.
I needed it to match my Curios 😂🤣

 

[Jason Bugay Reyes]

The adapter is seen nested in the line to the sling.
The burnt orange colour led to a delay, rumour has it that Swaro mixed the first batch incorrectly and had to redo the colour mix.
I needed it to match my Curios 😂🤣

The orange were really popular, so had to settled down with the green hehehe but that would be a great combo to used both orange for bino and scope plus orange shoes while birding! 😍🤤

 

[Dyrlege]

The orange were really popular, so had to settled down with the green hehehe but that would be a great combo to used both orange for bino and scope plus orange shoes while birding! 😍🤤

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Any good ideas for orange shoes😂? Make?

 

[Jason Bugay Reyes]

Any good ideas for orange shoes😂? Make?

I have these hehehe https://www.hoka.com/en/us/speedgoat-5/orange/

 

[bcskr]

Problem solved

 

[Jason Bugay Reyes]

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Or a bit of locktite on the thread hehehe

 

[Dyrlege]

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Like the colour!

 

[bcskr]

Or a bit of locktite on the thread hehehe

Thanks for the suggestion, but if the loctite had been adequate I wouldn’t have used the Voile strap.

 

[TheBlackGrouse]

Is it me or is the STC better suited for a quick release plate, so it doesn't come loose? It has a different weight distribution compared to the ATC. Less wringing?

Since a few months I have the STC and worked with it for hundreds of hours. Admittedly, I used it everywhere, even when a scope was not necessary, wanted to test it

My quick release plate holds well but still I'm a little nervous about it. Swarovski needs to come with a solution, specially made for this connection.

 

[Dyrlege]

Thanks for the suggestion, but if the loctite had been adequate I wouldn’t have used the Voile strap.

I keep the sleeve on the ATC at all times, and I wonder if this can be the reason I'm not experiencing slip on the tripod?
Per

 

[TheBlackGrouse]

I keep the sleeve on the ATC at all times, and I wonder if this can be the reason I'm not experiencing slip on the tripod?
Per

Maybe it's me but I can't work with that shell that seems to be designed on the last day by an intern. Focusing is very difficult with the shell attached, but I have the straight version on a monopod while standing (intended use). Probably the shell works better if you are sitting on a chair with the ATC on a tripod.

Then it raises the question why no one at Swarovski tested the shell with the STC...

 

[grackle314]

Focusing is very difficult with the shell attached, but I have the straight version on a monopod while standing (intended use).

I've been getting in some hours with the STC and am about to get a monopod. What monopod are you using and what additional elements for the STC? Thanks.