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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Corfield" data-source="post: 1265569" data-attributes="member: 19132">Here's a couple of photos for you. First photo shows the set up I used for the Buzzard photo, 2400mm (3840mm after crop factor).Most of the time I have the scope set up as in photo 2. This covers all the ranges from 600mm up to 1680mm (2688mm after crop factor). The extra optics used to cover these ranges don't add anything to the overall length apart from the 1.4X teleconverter but that is very thin anyway at only about 2cm wide.The photo here shows how the T-Ring is assembled with the 2X barlow.<a href="http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=149046&d=1215699574" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=149046&d=1215699574</a>The tripod mount on the scope is where it is mounted at the factory. It's only screwed on with two holes so I'm going to drill two new holes and mount it further back where the focusing thumbwheels are and this would make it very well balanced. Even so you can see my old tripod supports it easily and on a tripod like a Manfrotto with a decent head it's very sturdy.Paul.</blockquote>