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Criermike

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  1. There is a adapter thread and I have a Manfretto tripod and trigger ball head
  2. I did see good reviews for the EDs, but cannot find anything on the Blackwatch, presumably because they are an older model. The price is good, so I am thinking of taking a punt given the Hawke name.
  3. Does anyone know anything about this make please? I have been offered a pair of Hawke Blackwatch 20x60 binos, but cannot find anything on Google so I have no idea if they are any good.
  4. A monopod and Bino Mount will make everything so much more stable and wobble-free, and really improve the viewing experience
  5. I was wondering the same thing, and the answers here have given me food for thought.
  6. Got my first look at the Sky last night since the operation on my hand. Only 7 or 8 minutes when I noticed the cloud had broken a bit. Being a complete novice I didn’t try to identify anything, I just looked with my 10x50s mounted on the monopod with the Manfretto trigger head. Brilliant! Roll on clearer skies.
  7. I would avoid zoom binos like the plague. Stick with 7x50s or 10x50s. I have 3 pairs of binos, Nikon 7x50s, Bresser 10x50s and Celestron 15x70s.
  8. Been on the forum for a couple of weeks or so now, but only just read this thread. It is brilliant and very informative, thank you.
  9. Having very recently decided to take up this wonderful hobby/obsession and bought some binos and telescopes, I then had an operation on my finger which meant that I cannot hold binos or operate a scope. That will change in the next 3 weeks - at last! The interim has given me time to consider where to start and what to look at. I have decided that, although I won't ignore the rest of the cosmos, I really want to start with, and concentrate on, the moon, and am going to have a shot at the Lunar 100. Not surprisingly, I have bought the Philip's Moon Map, Gerald North's Observing the Moon (2nd edition) and the 21st Century Atlas of the Moon. It is this last which has prompted this post. All the pictures on the right hand pages look normal and as I would expect them to be, ie the craters look like craters, the mountains look like mountains etc. But the close-ups on the left pages, and especially of craters etc look as though they are raised rather than depressions. Hence the "is it me" title. I'm not a photography expert, but wondered if it is caused by the close-up. I would be grateful if someone could explain it, or do I need the optician. Many thanks.
  10. All cleaned and sorted. Thank you for your words of wisdom
  11. Criermike

    Hi all

    Welcome to the forum
  12. It is the 222 and a used version. Having looked at the link, I shall investigate further tomorrow.
  13. Thanks for that, I shall read it tomorrow. I do indeed mean Manfrotto. I have had an operation on my finger so I either touched the screen accidentally, resulting in that mishmashed word, or predictive text took over.
  14. I have just bought one of these having readers much people on the forum recommend them. However,the bullhead is very stiff. Can this be lubricated or “loosened” in any way? I do understand that there must be an element of stiffness, and I’ve never seen or used one before, but mine seems to be very stiff. Any and all advice will be most gratefully received.
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