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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patriot222" data-source="post: 1577362" data-attributes="member: 54470">It's not so much the distance that you're viewing at with regards to stability, it has more to do the relative size of the object you're trying to view.  Whether you're viewing five centimeter tall letters at 500 meters or 1 centimeter letters at 100 meters either scenario will prove difficult.  As blizdas mentioned, it's possible but the view off hand but it's such a compromise compared to the view through a properly mounted 15X optic.Here are the 15x56's mounted on a Bogen dual camera plate.  The Spotter is mounted to a Manfrotto 308RC ball head, so I'm able to align it co-axial with the fixed position on the left.  This is nice since you can view normally through the bins and then switch right over to the spotter for a closer look without repositioning the tripod head. <img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t98/Patriot222/Optics002.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />....and alongside some 8x42FLs<img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t98/Patriot222/Optics003.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Some night viewing set-up with high powered HID lighting.<img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t98/Patriot222/Flashlightphotagraphy009.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t98/Patriot222/Flashlightphotagraphy011.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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