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    Swarovski ATS 65 & ATS 80

    Thank you very much Delia.
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    Swarovski ATS 65 & ATS 80

    I have been asked by A Bird Forum member to send some photos of equipment that I want to sell and that he's interested in. I don't have his email - how do I go about sending him this information? Help Please. Thanks Robin
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    Top birders use which binoculars?

    Assuming that some of the world's best birders live in Sweden you can get a good impression of the binoculars they use in the excellent photo gallery by Hans Bister: http://www.pbase.com/bister/birders My favourite is: http://www.pbase.com/bister/image/63433188 First key finding: Don't care...
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    Top birders use which binoculars?

    I have a suspicion that the various Leica Trinovid BN models might feature high on the list of favourite bins for experienced birders. They are fine optically, the rugged build means that you can forget about needing to be overly concerned about small knocks and rain splashes and they handle...
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    Top birders use which binoculars?

    I'd like to know which binoculars the elite birders prefer. Don't be shy if you think you qualify as an 'elite birder' or if you prefer the term top experienced birder, which bins would you pick up as you prepare to set off somewhere special.
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    Let us Vote for the Best Birding Binoculars Ever Produced

    As already indicated I favour the Zeiss Classic Dialyt 7x42. Other bins that I have owned in over twenty five years of birding include:- Zeiss Classic 10x40 (two pairs), Classic Dialyt 7x42 (sold in the nineties much to my shame, but can't remember what coatings) and Zeiss Nightowls 7x45, too...
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    Let us Vote for the Best Birding Binoculars Ever Produced

    Zeiss Classic Dialyt 7x42 After all these years still a contender. For ease of handling, unsurpassed aesthetic quality and optical performance it is a complete joy
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    Warbler, Sussex UK

    Utc? Dear Ken M UTC's please elaborate thanks Vivian Darkbloom
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    Birders and photographers

    When I first visited Cley back in the fifties we had binoculars made from old toilet rolls, and used a lorgnette for long distance work. If we saw a coot we gave it a tick and a gold star. We ate black pudding and lugworm sarnies at the car-park cafe and drank tea out of old bait tins. We were...
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    Birders and photographers

    Blast, I've been rumbled. How many times at the height of my obsession and when after many hours of patient stalking one those infinitely rare members of the divine order Lepidoptera, have I been foiled at the last moment by the crass intervention of a camera clicking dolt stumbling into the mis...
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    Birders and photographers

    Seems I struck a nerve with the photographers. Is perhaps the angry response prompted by guilt? The realisation that as lapsed birders who have strayed from the narrow path, that the disruption that they inflict on other people is basically both anti-social and selfish.
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    Birders and photographers

    To acquire a degree of proficiency in birding takes experience and many years of patient diligence and application. There is no short cut. In the past the same could be said for skill in photography. The ability to produce a picture of quality in the field demanded field craft and artistic...
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    Birders and photographers

    Returned to Cley for two weeks annual holiday after a year's absence. Immediately noticed the change in the profile and behaviour of those in the Cley Reserve hides. There were far fewer birders with scopes and bins and far more photographers with large lenses covered with camouflage...
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    "I wish I hadn't sold my ..." ???

    I wish I hadn't sold my... Zeiss Bgat 7x42 TP - since replaced them - twice - 2nd hand - almost 150% of the original price. What a mug to let them go. It was like trading in Jane Fonda for Victoria Beckham. Also Zeiss Bgat 10x40 TP, my first love and original indulgence. I should never have...
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    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    First time, lucky time!
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    Lowepro Scope Porter 200

    Lowepro Scopeporter 200 I bought one of these rucksacks, and although very expensive I'm delighted with results. Much more comfortable than the Lowepro Flipside 400 which I was previously using, mainly because although it is longer it is much less bulky.
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    Zeiss ClassiC 7x42 Bgat

    How many birders who own these fine instruments use them as their primary birding binoculars. I feel sure that many birders who are lucky enough to own a pair would never dream of selling them, but are they still used regularly? I know that I do, despite having Leica and Swarovski alternatives...
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    Lowepro Scope Porter 200

    This looks a fantastic carrying case for a scope and tripod. I too would like to know if anyone has used it, and what their experience of it has been.
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    Gitzo 2180 fluid head

    Hi Steve, Your advice is very sensible. Thanks. Whatever other people think is irrelevant, as you say, it's what suits you that is important.
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    Gitzo 2180 fluid head

    Hi Steve Just for the record, this 'Robin' is a 'he' rather than a 'she'. In the UK the name normally denotes either a male human or a bird with a red breast - and no not that sort of bird. Robin
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    Ace cameras and optics

    I have bought a pair of Leica Ultravid 7x42 HD, in a part exchange deal, from them about a year ago, and more recently I also purchased a second hand pair of Zeiss Dialyt 7x42 bgat. I paid quite a lot for the Zeiss, and was a bit disappointed to find that when I received them the focusing was...
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    Gitzo 2180 fluid head

    I recently purchased the Gitzo 2180 head, using it with a Manfrotto 055CX3V CF tripod and a Swarowski 80 ATM scope. I have been delighted with the results so far, but I have read some critical comments on the internet, that the head is not robust enough to produce steady images using this...
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    Manfrotto head

    Thanks Tom, I took your advice and bought a Gitzo 2180 fluid head today, and it seems to be absolutely ideal - thanks for your invaluable help. A helpful comment like yours is a complete testament to the value of a forum dedicated to Birders - Good old BF! Thanks Robin
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    Manfrotto head

    Recommend a tripod head with short arm I have pointed out how difficult I find using a conventional tripod head with the normal length arm which seems to be designed to keep you away (raises a barrier and pokes you in the chest and bang into your bins) from getting close the eyepiece. In...
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    Manfrotto head

    Thanks Mayoayo, I thought I was alone in finding that the length of the head's arm is a pain to manage, making it difficult from getting nice and close to the eyepiece. Actually I have used the tripod and head so infrequently that I hadn't realised until you mentioned it, that my Manfrotto...
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