As I wrote in the post #3 just two years ago, since I bought a secondhand Nikon ED 82A I always it paired with a Velbon GEO 630N, a three-section carbon tripod - also used-. It is suited to my height: for comfort observation with my ED82 angled model, I had to take into account a tripod with an height (column all retracted) of 130-131cm to which should be added further 9/10 cm for the head on top. In your case, Steppsch, with the ED 82 straight model, the Manfrotto 055 could be OK or be still inadequate: you have to consider the height at the eye level, with a certain accuracy, making a simple calculation.
The head on it is still the Manfrotto 701 HDV, a fine fluid head that did not obtain the success and the spread it deserves in my opinion.
This set is pretty light and manageable, but sufficiently solid and I observe in a windy area. To gain extra stability, a soft pochette can be used as a stone bag, tightening the first leg section: I have used it very seldom (in the trunk of my car I am keeping an old 2 kg-weight for balance...) however. In the old line of Velbon carbon tripods, there was a couple of upper models (730 830 If I remember correctly) best suited for tall persons.
In a very few cases (observations at a fixed location and some meters away from my car...) I have tried a rock steady combo (Berlebach Report 3022 + Manfrotto HDV 501 video head), extremely heavy and large, as stated.
But this set of mine actually is that one I planned for the use with the Celestron C5: my Berlebach wooden tripod is also quite tall, with 143 cm (with column retracted without head: it has just two leg sections, very long however): I had purchased it before for a straight model, the Leica APO Televid 77.
