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  1. Tony Knight

    Chile - El Yeso Valley or Farallones ?

    Thanks for the reply. I have looked on ebird but the Farellones region is split into many different sites which might or might not be covered in a one day visit (ie some might be a couple of hours walk from a road), tough to get to etc........ the same but less so with El Yeso. It's not as...
  2. Tony Knight

    Chile - El Yeso Valley or Farallones ?

    We have 2 days based out of Santiago in December. Day one will be Campana/Coast/Wine tasting and Day two will be either Farallones or El Yeso. Obviously El Yeso is attractive due to the diademed plover but a little further from Santiago. Otherwise is there much difference between the birds we...
  3. Tony Knight

    Trip to Hortobagy

    I used these guys to put together a small 3-4 day itinerary for Hortobagy & Zemplen. Hungarian Birdwatching - Professional Birding in Hungary. Very good and very knowledgeable.
  4. Tony Knight

    Birding sites at Khao Lak

    There are a few including Laem Parang for Terek sandpipers and sandplovers. I took a half day tour with Toto at [email protected] and saw a few birds I'd not seen elsewhere, eg collared kingfishers and Gold-whiskered and Malay Brown barbets & You may have already seen this website...
  5. Tony Knight

    One day birding in Jordan from Amman

    Yes just got it ! Good luck if you decide to take it. I'm sure you'll do/have done a google search to see if anyone has reported issues in the last 3 years or so.
  6. Tony Knight

    One day birding in Jordan from Amman

    Hi Dave. I was worried so I actually cheated a little. They guys I was visiting were fairly "influential" in Jordan (it was primarily a work visit) and when I mentioned this concern they arranged for someone to meet me as I came off the plane and walk me through immigration/passports etc to...
  7. Tony Knight

    Latest guide recommendations

    Another shout out for Yankuba Tamba. We've just returned from our third visit to the Gambia where we've been guided by him. If you want a guide with a flashy car and constant banter then he's not the guide for you. If you want a guide with fantastic ears and eyes for instant identification, and...
  8. Tony Knight

    Latest guide recommendations

    Out of interest where did you stay upriver ? I struggled to find anywhere that wasn't extremely basic.
  9. Tony Knight

    Guide recommendation for birding Doi Inthanon....and other reserves.

    Strong recommendation for Chintana of www.windowofthailand.com. I was lucky enough to be guided by Chintana for 3 days earlier this month in Doi Inthanon. Her husband, who usually does more of the cultural guiding, came along as driver and very useful additional spotter. Great spotter, guide...
  10. Tony Knight

    Divers/Loons in winter plumage in Norfolk

    Thanks Alexander. I did think the bill was a good fit for RND though Collins seems to suggest they should have very white necks in winter - perhaps juveniles then ?
  11. Tony Knight

    Divers/Loons in winter plumage in Norfolk

    Sorry, hopeless at identifying and can't match to Collins or google. Presumably GN divers are the most common this time of year ? First was on the creek/inlet from the beach at Titchwell, the second at Blakeney/Morston harbour, both on saturday. Thanks Tony
  12. Tony Knight

    Gambia local guide prices

    What is the going rate in 2022 for a full morning's guiding at say Brufut/Tanji with pick up from Kotu Creek area, including transport for one birder/two birders ?
  13. Tony Knight

    Latest guide recommendations

    That is half of the problem. If you make a booking for you and your wife, and then for the same timeslot he gets a request to guide a group, you will be dropped and an apprentice will turn up without any prior notification. I guess he passes on the lead for a small commission. Happened to me...
  14. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    Thanks Chris. That makes a lot of sense actually, and simpler than my button & cog" method ! I'd used C3 as general wildlife and forgotten there were 4 "C" options so will follow your set up and just move general wildlife to C4.
  15. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    Thanks Chris. Earlier you'd said ".....but where I need to pick out a partially obscured bird (where the bird detect sometimes struggles) I turn bird detect off and use S-AF with a single focus point." I guess what I was asking was how you do that quickly in practice. This is the only issue I...
  16. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    Is the quickest way to change from small focus area to single focus area, to repurpose the AF-On button ? This still requires this button to be pressed and then the back cog to be turned each time. There's no single button that can be pressed to switch it ?
  17. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    Final question I promise :-). So i've set up C1 for perched bird and C2 for BIF. Front cogwheel changes exposure, back cogwheel changes aperture (rare I will use that). I think the only thing missing is the quick single button press to switch to single focus point/S-AF quickly for part hidden...
  18. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    Thanks Chris. Yes I'm using C-AF and small square. I don't have the issue with just the 300mm so it must be the light. I'm surprised I don't see the camera attempt focussing, passing the target as it attempts to focus too near to too far and back without picking the target up - rather it just...
  19. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    One frustration I have using the 300mm and 2x is that the camera seems unable to quickly change focus when I switch from close (say 20 feet away) to distant (say 120 feet away) or vice versa. When I point and half press the shutter the "white dot" in the central box searches across the box and...
  20. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    Yes that's exactly the option I'm looking for in the OM1. Under the AF menu there is an option to "reset lens" which is currently "off" but can be switched to "on". Guess I need to select "on" and then find out how to reassign the function of that button elsewhere in the menus (I've not tried...
  21. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    Ok thanks, I must have accidentally pressed it while raising the lens to shoot. Will just have to be more careful ! Sorry only got this a week ago so this trip is a bit of a crash course ! Fortunately nothing too rare on the IoW, just red squirrels, dartford warblers and wall lizards !
  22. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    Is there a quick way to disable the L-Fn button on the 300m Pro lens ? It's proforma function is to stop AF and it keeps getting accidentally set when the lens brushes against my leg whilst walking. I then can't focus until I've realised what's happened and re-set it, and by then the bird is...
  23. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    Thanks Ron, not sure how I missed that but yes that has done the trick ! Have been taking photos of Dartford Warblers and red squirrels on the Isle of Wight today and have to say the quality of the images has blown me away compared to what I'd have got with the heavy 7Dii/300/2x combo.
  24. Tony Knight

    Legals requirement to remove bird feeders in Costa Rica ?????

    Yes we went in Feb and had a great time. There were one or two cafe's etc that had removed feeders but most were feeding as usual. Given the importance of the feeders I assume many were prepared to take the risk. We stopped at one well known cafe on the way from Osa to San Gerado specifically...
  25. Tony Knight

    New OM-1

    A couple of quick questions; Does anyone else have an issue with the 300 lens manual focus ring continually slipping down so that when you go to take a picture, no auto-focusing happens, as manual focus has been selected on the lens ? Can't believe it's just me - presume when i walk it rubs...
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