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    Replacement Foot for Canon 500 f4 (with Arca Swiss fitting)

    RRS foot for me on Wimberley II - solid as and great handle for carrying it from A to B if needed. Mine is for Nikon but can't imagine the Canon will be much different in principal.
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    monopod head for 500/4

    Hi Michael My understanding from the catalogues that I get when I buy anything is that the MH-01 naked will take any RRS clamp though specific ones are recommended to achieve dual orientation. You can buy these with the head as a package deal. Otherwise any other full-size clamp can be mounted...
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    monopod head for 500/4

    You could look at the MH-01 from RRS. Heard that it's the shizzle. Would love one but don't use a monopod myself though keen but I like to not be holding the camera at all times...and well that's hard to achieve with a monopod!
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    $3000 Aus to spend. What lens to get?

    I'm a Nikonian but in your situation I'd recommend a 300mm as Joe suggested. Just remember that low light in Australia does not equate to low light for the Brits, particularly the Scots :-O (I spent 3 years there so know what I'm talking about - loved every day too), and you are talking to a few...
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    B&H Photo

    Absolutely - I wouldn't be able to afford to be in the hobby if it wasn't for the likes of B&H. You get free shipping on most stuff in USA - overseas we have to pay and its still cheaper so USA peeps do well. The order-to-packing time is usually only 48 hours so pretty good. You can look at the...
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    Leica v Swarvoski Pockets

    Chuckle chuckle [smirk] chuckle chuckle.....someone has been bitten by the shoe bug.:-O Off course not but I can say I have tight-ish control. I only get a pair (or two or three..) every few years ...no one comments so assume it goes unnoticed ;).
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    Leica v Swarvoski Pockets

    Very chuffed I am. I couldn't view the Nikon range other than sportstar in compacts and victory model in Zeiss range also not on the shelf to view. The Leica 10x25 were available and actually cheaper than Leica 8x20. The magnification was certainly (as it should be) greater but I noticed a few...
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    tripod for a canon 500mm lens

    I suggest that you email the mods and get your thread moved to camera section. You should get more replies. The 3530 is a 3-legged tripod. Have a look at Arthur Morris website/blog - he's a big Canon person and he rates the 3530 and puts his 800mm on it. Clifton Cameras in the UK sell Gitzo as...
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    tripod for a canon 500mm lens

    Yes, that is right fully extended. You need to work out what height you need BUT don't forget that you have the head to go on tope and also mount the lens on top again of that. My mounting bracket for my Wimberley II is about 80mm above the tripod top base. I rarely have my tripod fully...
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    tripod for a canon 500mm lens

    Welcome to the 500mm club - I recently got a nikon 500mm. I have mine mounted on a Gitzo 3530LS with a Wimberley II head. Couldn't be happier. This is a fairly common setup. The Gitzo tripod isn't cheap but what can I say, it's cheaper than the lens by a long shot! An alternative is the series...
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    Leica v Swarvoski Pockets

    Just an update. Had a look at the Leica alternatives but none of the suggested Nikons in stock and same went for Zeiss...This is Aus. Lived dangerously and peered through Leica 8x32's. Can now understand why that bino was suggested. Real nice, wow factor, and yes very light weight for a bino...
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    Leica v Swarvoski Pockets

    Definitely off to the big smoke later this week with an hour or two to kill so will have a another viewing of the Ultravid's 8x20 and see what I can locate in the Nikon range (HGL and Premier) as suggested here over past few days. Sounds like the 8x20 are a good bino for a compact, offering some...
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    Buying a big lens soon.

    I went through the same dilemma that you did - which to get. I was deciding between 500 and 600 because never enough reach. This was despite the fact that the bank and the 600mm planets didn't align - zip nada. I went with the 500mm cos I am younger, not into body building and thought it was...
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    Nikon 500mm and purple fringing

    Can't say I can see any purple fringing in your shots. They are looking a smidge soft to my eyes which, as others have mentioned, is most likely to be a shutter speed and BIF combo fix. Enjoy the lens. i have one now and think it's a cracker. Really surprised what it can do with the TC2.0 v3 on...
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    Leica v Swarvoski Pockets

    Just had a look at US prices for the Ultravid 8x32's. Holy moly, they'll need to blow me out of the water - they're double the little 10x25 or 8x20 compacts :eek!:
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    Leica v Swarvoski Pockets

    Alrighty I'll be down in the big smoke again later this week for work and I might just be able to manage to get lost and have to walk past the bino shops ;):-O. Will be taking a closer look at the Leica and also the 32's. The BL and BR must explain the contrast in price between the two shops...
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    Leica v Swarvoski Pockets

    thanks for those pics - is the 10x32 the bino on the left in the 4th picture compared with 10x25 on the right?
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    Leica v Swarvoski Pockets

    Thanks to everyone for posting comments. Looks like Leica has an excellent reputation despite the issues with rubber eye caps, customer service and lens coatings. I was considering some Nikon Sportstar ones (I think) then moved across to Swarvoski as the difference was night and day. then I...
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    Leica v Swarvoski Pockets

    Hello I'm in a forum where I know very little - I am a relatively new enthusiast in the bird photography game and having put down some coin for a 500mm lens I now feel that I need some binos for the job. I have strict criteria - must be a bino I can try in Melbourne, Aus i.e. stocked and I am...
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