Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

I decided on this setup because it was made by a very reputable name and manfrotto had specifically touted this setup as being wellsuited to support a spotting scope

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

After using the scope several times id say that analysis was spot on

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The legs are long enough that i really dont ever need to raise the center mast to get the eyepiece up to a comfortable height im 5 foot 11 inches tall which is important because as soon as you raise the center mast on any tripod the stability goes down in a hurry

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The main lever was a little hard to work until i sort of got the hang of it but im glad that it is so sturdy as im trying to support a 4 pound scope

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The camera extends the whole contraption to about 1012 inches over the back edge of the fluid head

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But even at 60x even with all that weight sticking out over the back the scope only raised up about a third the width of the field of view

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Furthermore i actually was able to pan the full digiscoping assembly at 60x magnification while looking through the camera and it was still steady enough to find the targets

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

Anything heavier than this is too much to lug around