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    New Nikon 30-60W in Pentax scopes?

    In this excellent post, post, billb9430 shows how to make the Baader Hyperion zoom fit the Pentax PF-65ED: http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=2849957&postcount=24 Great news for those wanting a high quality zoom for that scope, but here is a zoom eyepiece to try with the Pentax PF-65: the...
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    Old Fieldscopes now being discontinued?

    Both B & H and Adorama are now listing the Straight version of the ED iii Nikon Fieldscope as “Discontinued”: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/482963-REG/Nikon_8331_Fieldscope_III_ED_2_4_60mm.html http://www.adorama.com/NKFSZED.html?discontinued=t B & H also lists the angled version of...
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    New Manfrotto Fluid Head

    The MVH500AH: http://www.manfrotto.us/product/8709.31708.22801.0.0/MVH500AH/_/Lightweight_fluid_video_head_with_flat_base_%285kg_payload%29 Says it is replacing the 701HDV. Slightly heavier, slightly more expensive, slightly higher load capacity, with a stronger counterbalance...
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    Zen-Ray Prime HD scope

    Hmmmm.... The specs appear to be identical to the old one... Nothing on ZR website yet. http://www.cameralandny.com/optics2/zenray.pl?page=zenray_prime_hd_25-50x82
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    TE-9Z eyepiece on Kowa TSN-883, 884 scopes?

    This post by Kimmo Absetz, http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2636819#post2636819 in the thread on the new 25-60x Kowa zoom, got me thinking: just wondering if anyone on the forum might’ve tried the TE-9Z on the 880/770 series scopes? The TE-9Z (confusingly called the TSE-9Z in a few...
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    Cross section view of Meopta S2 82 scope

    On pg. 38 of the Meopta catalog accessible at this link, http://issuu.com/kuhada/docs/meopta-sports-optics-2012-en-catalog there's a cross section view of the new scope- wondering if this might reveal (to someone more knowledgeable than I am) anything about the potential of the new scope's...
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    Nikon EII 8x30 FOV size measured?

    In light of this post by Kevin Conville, where he finds that the true field of view of his Nikon EII 8x30, spec’d at 8.8 deg., or 462’ at 1000 yd., is actually less than that of a Leica 8x32 Trinovid BN, spec’d at 405’... http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=178198 (Of course, it could...
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    Upcoming 80mm scope from Brunton

    Just saw this- available with either a 20-60x zoom or a 25-50x one (also in either angled or straight). The field of view given for both eyepieces in the specs is 115-84 ft at 1000 yd., which certainly sounds like some sort of website mistake. Would be interested in what the 25-50x's field...
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    Kikkert Spesialisten Scope Test

    Hello all, Thought this might be of interest, although I can't get google translate to produce an English version from the Norwegian that doesn't have the words all on top of each other and mostly unreadable. So, not sure about their test methods (did they test more than one sample, boost...
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    New Gitzo heads "designed for birdwatching"

    Hello all, First time poster here- thought these looked very intriguing indeed, especially the heavier-duty (but not heavy: 1.54 lb) one: http://www.gitzo.com/cms/site/gitzo/cache/off/home/newsevents/news?find_data=07%20Jun%202010&year=2010...
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