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Recent content by Roger P

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    Upton Warren

    Delighted to hear this. :t: B (: Particularly after the behaviour in the Avocet hide on the last two occasions I've visited this week: All of the requests on the notices being violated. At one time hands pointing and 6 lenses waving around out of the window while people talked loudly between...
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    Upton Warren

    Totally with you John. I guess this comes from a background of some people who legitimately use the reserve complaining if asked to show their cards / permits. In my view any of us who support any Wildlife Trust should be happy that people are being challenged and not be offended; why should...
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    Upton Warren

    Hi John (Upstarts) I've lost your number so I've had to pm you, hope you've noticed! Roger
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    Canon 7D Mk II is announced and available for pre-order

    Wow, what a shame that ended like that! It came out of the blue to me, never saw that coming. It's difficult not to take posts personally I suppose but as an outsider, and this was not a closed conversation, I learnt a lot by hearing two points of view. Surely that's what the forum is about...
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    Back button focus

    Hi Schulz! I'm not 100% sure I understand your thinking but perhaps the following might clarify things.: if you set back button focusing and then choose AI-Servo you have, in effect, AI-Servo and Single Shot under instant control of the back button. Aim your camera, push back button to focus...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Thanks Hughie, That explains a lot, in particular the comment about authorising feeding. I agree with all that you say. Roger
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    I'm not really clear about this but before I go on lets get things clear: I AM NOT suggesting this practice is in any way acceptable. However, the question: "would you allow the feeding to a resident or vagrant bird on any of your sites?" surely cannot have been answered simply: "No". All of...
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    Upton Warren

    Beginners' Birdwatching course seems to have generated good feedback from course members again. Several people say that they now have the confidence to come again on their own so there may be some new faces around who will respond to a bit of gentle encouragement. It was great for several of...
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    Upton Warren

    Thanks Phil, nicely put! We anticipate 15 participants and given that they've paid for the course it's helpful if they can get a seat and a view, however if there is anybody passing through it's always good if they can help to encourage the learners to show how friendly the U/W regulars are! We...
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    Upton Warren

    Belt & Braces I know there are notices on the hides to warn people about the annual Absolute Beginners Birdwatching course that will be running this coming Saturday and I think John included this in an earlier post about visiting groups but I thought I'd just remind people on here too! We have...
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    Upgrade dilemma - which route would you take?

    Prices on 7D mkii starting to fall. £250 cash back on 100-400 mkii with 7D mkii. Sell or exchange your mki camera and lens and you should have a much improved image quality, shorter focussing distance, better autofocus and the ability to use an extender (original 100-400 with extender was only a...
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    New Canon megapixel camera - Anti-Aliasing (AA) or not?

    Hmm! Bit less exciting than at first thought! Thanks for the explanation. As a Canon enthusiast since film days I'm a bit disappointed with them at the moment! At my stage of life and collection of Canon kit I feel locked in. I'm just hoping that a new sensor and improved quality control...
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    New Canon megapixel camera - Anti-Aliasing (AA) or not?

    I'm obviously missing something with my basic understanding: how will these cameras 'switch' to a crop? What will one see in the viewfinder? What is the difference between the camera switching to 1.6 crop and me cropping a full frame image in post processing?
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    Critique

    A bit of a hobby horse of mine I'm afraid but the 'law' of shutter speed needs to be reciprocal of focal length was suggested way before digital sensors. If it was ever meaningful it now needs to be modified to included sensor size: i.e. Multiply by 35mm equivalent 'crop factor' and then...
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    What lens to take

    Oops - big fingers sent instead of corrected. ... Auto focus but even manual focus on tripod gives me poor results). If your 400 works better I'd use that and the SX50 for close up / general views etc.
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