10 x 54 bino's

[lardy]

Are 10 x 54 suitable for hand holding? or would they be too twitchy and require a mount arrangement?

Many thanks

Mark

[BinocularSky]

Depends on a number of factors:

* Weight of the binocular

* Ergonomics of the binocular

* How you hold it

* Your personal definition of "too twitchy"

I routinely use a 1.2kg 10x50 hand-held using the 2nd method in the link above. It is not perfectly jiggle-free, but is more than adequate for things like faint fuzzies and identifying Uranus. Splitting doubles like Albireo is at the limit, though. Any binocular will show more if mounted.

[lardy]

Thank you for that Steve, the weight is 1.2kg and looking at stance number two looks a more stable position.

Regards

Mark