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  1. alphan

    Upcoming UK trip

    We are planning on a long trip covering England, Wales and Scotland sometime in August this year. We plan to drive around on our own for a free and easy birding. No fixed itinerary but we expect to stay for 3-4 months. No specific target species or close proximity as we just enjoy photographing...
  2. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    With Covid 19 locking me down from forest birding, I am turning to migrant shorebirds. They tend to stay 100-200 m away all along the beach. My G9 with PL100-400 is quite useless thus I'm turning to Digiscoping. Options I'm looking at are: 1) Used Nikon Fieldscope 82ED 2) Vanguard Endeavor HD...
  3. alphan

    Birding sites around Milan

    Planning on visiting a niece in Milan for a week plus or two with my wife/birding partner. No particular season of the year planned and may revolve around the part of the year they are free. We should have a week free for casual birding. Any recommendations on where and when we should visit...
  4. alphan

    Body upgrade advise

    I am currently using 7D with Tamron 150-600 G2 for birding having downgraded from Canon 500mm 4.0 L IS due weight limitation on my physical body. I do a lot of birding under tropical rainforest thus my biggest problem is focus lock due to stronger back light and low lighting. Which body would...
  5. alphan

    Birding at Dalat on a budget

    Much had been mentioned about Nam Cat Tien here but I cannot find much info on Dalat. Being a group of retired NGO volunteers with shallow pockets, we would like to visit Dalat after Nam Cat Tien. We are not bird list ticker thus we are not die hard selective species hunter. All endemics and...
  6. alphan

    Better value birding lens upgrade

    I have just migrated from Sony with a 600mm ED Telescope. The scope gives me a satisfactory IQ but with failing eyesight, just couldn't get good focus unless I go the Liew View 10X or 14X focusing which are both slow and cumbersome. So AF is a must. I currently use a 60D + 400 5.6 L and also...
  7. alphan

    Which is the most ideal camera for Astro Photography?

    From personal experience and hearsay, can we have a discussion on the most suitable camera for our purpose. We can even update as we go along. The more common criteria would include image size (Mp), focus points, VF and LCD performance, ISO, shooting rate, build quality, image IQ, features, etc...
  8. alphan

    Celestron C80ED Focuser

    My focuser knob took a heavy knock and resulted in a bent rod plus a chipped focusing gear. The gears on the rail are OK. Anybody here knows where I can get a replacement or would that be a good excuse to upgrade to dual speed focusing though I never had problem with single speed? Checked SS...
  9. alphan

    Full frame or crop camera?

    With bird photography, 99% of the photos taken we need to crop to size. With crop sensor camera we crop less than full frame camera. Anybody ever compared between full frame and crop sensor camera with scope? For a similar distance, take a few shots and choose the best with the crop sensor...
  10. alphan

    Budget pocket recorder sought

    My first interest is bird photography which requires me to carry bulky photographic equipment but am now interest to expend my interest to record bird calls as well. I do have an Ipod Nano 4G which doesn't comes with mic but upgradeable with 3rd party device. My question is, would that be of any...
  11. alphan

    Scope hunting

    There are a couple of used scope being disposed here http://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=47033&sort=&cat=9&page=1 . Those interested can take a look.
  12. alphan

    Birding trip to West Malaysia

    I am from Kuching and will be in KL and surrounding for a week from late June to early July 2010. It should be the the ideal birding season then and would like to join up any birders to Fraser Hill etc. Anybody here knows of anyone going? I hope to cover not only Fraser Hill but all interesting...
  13. alphan

    Christmas

    A Very Merry and Safe Christmas to all fellow Astro-scoper here.
  14. alphan

    Fancy a 500mm f3.25 ED

    Found this on another site. http://www.owlastronomy.com/specials.htm half way down the page.Would this be regarded as zoom or prime? Any good for birding with Paul's Fujinon TC ? Only 260mm long!!!!
  15. alphan

    Olympus SP570UZ

    Anybody use this camera for digiscoping? Or the SP590UZ or SP800UZ? Since this camera can be used to shoot bird at a distant with optical zoom exceeding 500mm equivalent, how's the quality expected? Why I ask? I use to go shooting birds with my 500mm tele and bring my 80ED scope along as well...
  16. alphan

    Which scope to choose?

    Shopping for a Astroscope for birding and encountered the following three scopes. Though the Skywatcher Evostar 80 ED is the most popular here (thanks to Paul C), should I just rule the other two out? 1) Skywatcher Evostar 80 ED...
  17. alphan

    Astrophotography my answer?

    I currently have an Sony A550 with Tamron 200-500 for birding having just upgraded from an MF Tamron SP500. I am also looking at Digiscoping to gain on the FL. I always find my 500 still too short and with extensive cropping, it will only goes down the drain. Wanted to venture into Digiscopping...
  18. alphan

    Digiscoping advice wanted

    Hi, I am quite new to birding but got caught in this lovely passion quite fast. I am now only using a MF Tamron SP500 f8 lens on my Sony A550. I'm negotiating a new Tamron 200-500 LD Di together with a 1.4X TC, hoping to get them soon. I do have great difficulty getting the Sigma 150-500 OS HSM...
  19. alphan

    Hello from Malaysia

    Hi, I am from Kuching, Malaysia and use an Sony Alpha to shoot. I started DSLR a year + ago and currently only have an MF Tamron SP500 for birds. Love their beauty and wish to capture more of them on screen. My new found passion got me landed here. I run my own small retail business and so have...
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