What size and mag bino...

What would be your choice of aperture and magnification for a tripod mounted binocular that would be used for "quick looks". It would compliment an 11" SCT/binoviewer combo and 10x50 binos already owned.

Opinions based on speculation, deep thought, and real world expierience welcome.

Thank you

Pat G.

Wow, tripod mounted huh, my neck hurts just thinking about it!
And hand-held binos are pretty much limited to roughly 50mm and smaller for most folks, as your arms get tired and you just can't hold them steady for very long.
For extremely quick looks, my wife and I use a pair of 7x35 wide angle Bushnell's I won several years ago at a company dinner. Nice and light; wear them aroung your neck and they're always there for that quick look. We like the rocking lever focus on these too, very fast.
But the aperture is really too small for tripod mounting.