UA Unimount Light Basic

Ed,

I just ordered one of these with the articulated L bracket. Larry said that would give me 5 degrees of freedom. From the pictures of the Light Basic I have found, I cannot, for the life of me, find that 5th degree of motion. I'm guessing the pics are not up to date. Here's my tally:

1. Rotate the whole p-mount around where it mounts to the tripod
2. Up and down, the whole shebang, in wonderful p-mount fashion
3. Tilt up and down at the binocular
4. Tilt left and right with the articulated L bracket
5. ??? I assume this is some sort of pan feature at the binocular head, but I can't find a picture that shows that. The deluxe is obvious.

Thanks,

Tom

Tom,

#3 allows for tilt in altitude

#4 swivel left and right, is accomplished as a part of the Unimount head bracket. the attachment the L bracket screws into is similar to a lazy susan, not in shape but in function. This permits sweeping.

#5 is where the screw from the L adapter screws into the binocular. Even once tightened securely against the binocular, it still allows you to swivel the binocular, like an airplane tilting its wings.

This last may seem like an inconsequential movement, but without it in conjuntion with #4, you cannot use the binoculars from a seated position.

edz