Lots of reasons to put a
binocular on a
tripod and lots of reasons not to put a binocular on a tripod. One of the reasons
to put a
binocular on a
tripod is one that I used to advantage, years ago, when I worked as an astronomy tour guide at a small, rural, amateur observatory built by our astronomy club. Putting the bino on a tripod meant you could share the view with visitors and thereby introduce them to the wonders of
binocular astronomy. The tripod used was a custom built parallelogram and was a superb piece of machining. Wish I had access to that tripod. It would still come in handy for my personal observing.