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    Here are the new modular Swarovski scopes

    Hi - I do not go on BF all that often, so I missed seeing your request. If you have not received this before, here you go. Clay Taylor
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    ATS80 HD & Nikon D600 - will it work?

    You are correct - go into the Custom Menu and enable the camera to shoot with Non-CPU Lens. As for the image quality, the TLS APO is optically better-matched to the scope than the old TLS 800, in addition to giving you more magnification options. If you were shooting exclusively out of a...
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    Grey Market?

    Hi all - Jan is correct, a quick phone call to the SONA Customer Service line at 800-426-3089 (follow the prompts for Customer Service) would have allowed the serial number to be traced and its origin quickly determined. Without any other knowledge of the circumstances with the binocular from...
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    A Report on the Swarovski TLS-APO Adapter with the Olympus OM-D

    Good Report! Hi Dave - Good report! As always, shutter speeds are critical to getting sharp digiscoped images, and by all reports the High ISO performance of the EM-5 is the best of any micro 4/3 sensor. Do not be afraid to start out at something like ISO 2000, get a few sharp images, and...
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    Here are the new modular Swarovski scopes

    Here in the US, we call them "spotting scopes". In Austria, they call them "telescopes". I honestly do not know what they commonly call them in the UK, but I suspect "spotting". in any case, po-tay-to / po-tah-to, as long as we all know what is being referred to....
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    Here are the new modular Swarovski scopes

    Steve - The scope's viewing system (eyepiece) is permanently built into the ATX / STX Viewing Module, and the TLS APO is simply a Pancake Lens that was designed at the same time as the entire scope and eyepiece, and optimized to bring an apochromatic image to the camera's sensor. Every...
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    Here are the new modular Swarovski scopes

    All - Back when the modular scope was first mentioned to me, I raised that very topic - a binocular-viewer that could take matched astro eyepieces. I suggested a few other variants, too. After a few years of developing the basic scope, they looked at projected cost of development for the...
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    Here are the new modular Swarovski scopes

    The sleeve will be called the DRSM and it comes with a second ring that helps fix it in place so that twisting the camera does not rotate the zoom of the eyepiece. Hmmm...that one has to be seen to be appreciated, as describing it is tough. Anyway, the system allows me to mount the DRSM on...
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    Here are the new modular Swarovski scopes

    See above - Clay
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    Here are the new modular Swarovski scopes

    Steve et al - OK, the "modularity" aspect of the scope has actually obscured the actual intent of a New Swarovski Optik Spotting Scope - the optical design itself! This is a totally new re-figuring of the optical system, with Swarovision and the ability to properly place the eyepiece lenses...
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    Here are the new modular Swarovski scopes

    Henry, et al - All of the solid-body swarovski Optik spotting scopes have porro prisms - always have, always will. Only the collapsable (CT) spotting scopes used the Schmidt-Pechan. The ST, STS, STX (straight eyepiece) models have one extra internal reflection to change the direction of the...
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    Here are the new modular Swarovski scopes

    Tip for tropical birding - when you are in your air-conditioned hotel room, see if the bathroom has an a/c duct. If not, store the optics in the bathroom with the door shut, and they will not cool down as much. OR, if you have a small insulated drink cooler / lunch bag, store the optics in...
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    Olympus Micro 4/3 12-50mm lens for Digiscoping

    Hi all – I had the chance to briefly stop into The Camera Exchange in San Antonio, TX to say hello and try out stuff. They did have the Olympus E-M5 and the new Olympus 12-50mm lens, which I was curious to see how it worked for digiscoping. The online photos of the Olympus Digital ED...
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    Tried the 10x32 swarovision

    Newfie Ghost et al - Well, that "rep" was me at the NJ event, and I am glad to hear your evaluation, as I was simply letting people play with the 10x32 EL SV without pressing them for opinions. The interesting thing about that particular model is that it was a pre-production version, and the...
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    Swarovision 32mm - 1 may 2012

    All - Had the original 32 ELs been kept in the line, their 2012 MAP pricing in the US would have been approximately $2050 and $2150 for the 8x and 10x, respectively, up from $1999 and $2199 in 2011. The 32 EL SV will thus be less than $100 more, with the addition of HD glass, 20mm eye relief...
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