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Retail Price: $99.95
Deal Price: $79.95
Savings: $ 20.00 ( 20% )
Stock: N/A
Manufacturer: ORION
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: ORION
EAN: 0410000061954
Feature: Heavy-duty tripod provides support for giant binoculars, cameras, spotters and telescopes
Label: ORION
Manufacturer: ORION
Material Type: aluminum
Model: HD-F2
Publisher: ORION
Studio: ORION
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Heavy-duty tripod provides support for giant binoculars, cameras, spotters and telescopes
Adjustable aluminum-tube legs with ridged helical locks have unusually wide leg spread for stability
Height fully extended is 69 1/2". Weighs 7.5 lbs.
Two-way fluid pan head with tension adjustment knobs on both axes for smooth, controlled motion
Includes 1/4"-20 dovetail shoe, cushion/spike feet and bubble level. One-year limited warranty
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Editorial Reviews:
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The perfect tripod is very stable, strong enough to withstand some serious abuse, and yet moves with fluid smoothness. The Paragon professional tripods fill the bill, providing heavy-duty support for giant binoculars, cameras, spotting scopes and small telescopes. The Paragon HD-F2 tripod is constructed almost exclusively of aluminum, making it stronger at key stress points where other tripods fail. It features large, adjustable aluminum-tube legs with ridged helical locks. The legs are tri-braced to the center elevator housing for extra stability. The tripod comes with the two-way fluid-type pan head. It features tension adjustment knobs on both axes and can be raised or lowered with a hinged hand crank. With quick-release 1/4"-20 dovetail shoe, convertible cushion/spike feet and built-in bubble level.
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Reviews :
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Evaluation:
Conclusion: Pleasant surprise
Review: I bought this tripod used from an Amazon Seller and I absolutely love it! It's super compact, lightweight and works great with my small 102mm Mak-Cass telescope and with my 12X60 binoculars. The tripod I got came with a carrying case, which makes it a snap to grab it and go. I highly recommend it.
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Conclusion: A good light weight tripod for spotter or camera
Review: I had been using this tripod with my 35mm cameras, medium format cameras (Hasselblads), ETX90 spotting scope and Orion Short Tube 80 refractor. The tripod performs well in most cases, and has a built in bubble level to help in leveling the tripod. The only shortcomings are that the pan head is difficult to adjust in small increments, so centering items in the telescopes are not as effortless as one would like. This tripod is a great platform for a 35mm camera or a medium format camera with shorter lenses. I have since "graduated" to the beefier Orion Paragon-Plus XHD Tripod for my heavier equipment, but still use the Paragon HD-F2 occasionally.
In extremely cold weather, I have had the plastic ring that holds the braces to the central column break. I was not using equal preassure when folding the legs while wearing gloves.
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