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    Birds flying in upside down position

    I've seen Common Raven doing this in play or perhaps in order to impress the partner.
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    What's the rarest bird you've had in your garden?

    Nightjar. Firecrest and Spotted Flycatcher as breeding birds. Hundreds, sometimes thousands of overflying Cranes each year. Steve
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    Light weight binos for raptor watching

    Personally, I wouldn't worry about that very much. Have you ever seen how professional photographers use to treat their cameras and lenses? Their gear has to perform a lot of heavy duty all day long and they don't mind much about it. Anyway, if you prefer classical optics I would opt for the...
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    Meopta Forum ?

    I'd really like to know where they are made now. Did you notice any "Made in ..." infos, preferably at the tripod foot or at the box?
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    Light weight binos for raptor watching

    Andrea, for raptor watching it is essential to have CA and veiling glare at a minimum. The Canon 10x42 IS does come up with this but has an additional plus that makes it unbeatable for your purpose, that is image stabilisation. Steve
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    Meopta Forum ?

    Cabela is a supplier for hunting gear. I don't think it would be a good idea to name a subforum of BF, which is dedicated to wild birds, after a hunting site. Steve
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    Meopta Forum ?

    The earlier Zeiss spotters were pretty notorious regarding sample variation. At that time I wondered if Zeiss does pay enough for Meopta or if at Meopta they simply had some serious issues with quality controll.
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    New Swarovski SLC 42 Binoculars

    Brock, I know what you mean and can feel a small difference of resistance too, when turning the focusing wheel of most Swaro bins in one direction or the other but this never did bother me in practical use. When I put an ear directly to some Swaro bins while focusing I was even able to hear the...
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    Zeiss Hungary

    The fact that the old style (silver ones with black rubber applications) Diascopes were made by Meopta is pretty old stuff for the regular reader here on BF. The question is where the new version with complete black armor is actually produced. Do we have anyone here who could take a look at any...
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    Zeiss Hungary

    AFAIK the pocket bins are still in production there. Perhaps also the spotting scopes? Steve
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    Meopta amazing test results! German magazine

    I'm afraid I can't follow you here because in the test chart there's no mentioning of HD. It could well be that the mentioning in the German text is just a typo or an error. AFAIK so far there is still no 8x42 Meopta Meostar B1 HD available at the German or even European market and the test was...
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    Meopta amazing test results! German magazine

    While fanboyism use to cause the most superfluous contributions in the optics-forums here, surreptitious advertising is more than just a pain in the axx. What is your relationship to Meopta?
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    Brief encounter with the Kite Lynx HD 8x30

    Frank, Gijs, I think there is some truth in both of your assumptions. Here is my analysis: http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=2891047&postcount=11 So I would advocate for spreaded offerings of OEMs like Kamakura just like the customer wants or needs. Of course it's hard to assess how the...
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    Meopta amazing test results! German magazine

    Well, Mr. Raider, your politeness seems to be as impressive as your mindfulness. :-) What if someone don't want to use a 10x42? AFAIK only 10x42 HD is available in Europe but the test report was about 8x42 bins. Steve
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    Meopta amazing test results! German magazine

    HD or not HD, if only Meopta could manage to provide natural colors, they would be considered to be essentially alpha.
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    Kahles vs. Docter vs. Bynolyt

    Regarding built quality the Japan made Prominar bins are certainly above average coming from Kamakura and Co. and perhaps close to the peak they are capable at those facilities.
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    8x32mm Golden Rings

    I'm afraid that's one of those measurements where Allbinos didn't get it right. The GR HDs are still well made bins, though.
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    Meopta amazing test results! German magazine

    see
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    The new Nikon Monarch 7 8x30 is very nice!

    Seems that the next clone of the Nikon/Kite 30mm roofs is on the market: http://www.ddoptics.de/edx-8x30-fieldstar
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    Kahles vs. Docter vs. Bynolyt

    Hi David, thanks for your effort. Nice write-up. The question about "where it's made" depends on one's point of view. At such facilities like Kamakura and Light in Japan they offer options as follow. First, buy ready-made bins, hand-me-down designed by us and we will also put your sticker and...
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    7x42 merry go round and round...i stopped finally!

    Apparently Optolyth is the next company that doesn't provide porro bins anymore. At least the Alpins aren't part of their latest catalogue: http://optolyth.de/downloads/katalog_gb.pdf . There still seem to be some offerings here and there at some dealers for less than €500. Good old Stephen...
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    Id The Thief

    Case solved Just because that guy is wearing a hat like Mr. McCririck doesn't necessarily mean that these two are relatives. I'd rather think the bloke does look like The Penguin camouflaged with the beard of Billy Oddie and the hat of John McCririck.
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    32mm vs 42mm roofs and upgrading binoculars

    Hi Gijs, although this looks all very promising, in particular that Wollensack ;), for a short summary it could help to mention only the companies that have failed to impress so far. ;) Sorry, I just couldn't resist. BTW, do you also perform resolution tests in your lab? Steve
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    32mm vs 42mm roofs and upgrading binoculars

    For that price I cannot live with a FOV that small. 122m/1000m, that would translate to an AFOV less than 50°, which means a tunnel-like view. Too bad, as the other properties, including close focus, sound promising. Still, a 7x binoculars doing all things as I wish, doesn't exist at current...
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    Nikon Monarch 7 new 8x30 and 10x30

    :-)) In fact Nikon seems to be one of the few (only one?) companies behaving accurate here by using the official ISO standard for AFOV calculation. Steve
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