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ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Recent content by barry robson

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    Zeiss Customer Service

    I've had self-inflicted damage to both my FL bins and my diascope and Zeiss UK have been BRILLIANT on both occasions - I can't rate them highly enough, they are the tops!
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    Walking Boots

    karrinomor karrimor boots? Total rubbish. Bought a pair of Bodmin Weathertite off the internet because they were on offer and I needed a cheap pair of daily walking boots (I use Meindle for the heavy stuff). It said they were waterproof and they most categorically are not - they leak like a...
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    Bill Oddie's bins

    A couple of years ago I remember hearing from a very reliable source (no, I'm not telling) that at that time, the producers of Spring Watch were not too keen on Simon King sporting Zeiss bins when the 'star' of the show was heavily promoting Leica… And frankly, having looked through a friend's...
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    Bill Oddie's bins

    Has Ray Mears at last seen the light…? B
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    Zeiss-warranty issue?

    I've said it before and I'll say it again. In the UK Zeiss customer service is absolutely first class. I have sent in both my Victory FL's and my zoom eyepiece to Zeiss for repair - on both occasions it was due to my carelessness - and I have had nothing but exemplary service. Brilliant...
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    German Breeding Bird Atlas Illustrations

    Staggering body of work - it's going to give hours of pleasure scrolling through these illustrations. Terrific stuff!! B
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    On The Hoof - Fieldwork From Orkney

    Hi Tim Have been busy over last few months painting, sketching and actually doing some illustration work. Have completed the illustrations for one birding book which now looks like being published next year so illustrations are under wraps Have just completed a small job for the local...
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    On The Hoof - Fieldwork From Orkney

    Drawing and painting birds Hi Tim just picked up my copy of your book (National Gallery in Edinburgh no less!!) and it's great. Only one quibble, would have liked the illustrations to be larger, but fully understand the economics and reasoning behind the problem. Look forward to vols 2,3 and...
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    Broken eyecup on HG

    A possible contact name just came to me - DaveM (I think it's Dave Morgan) at Newpro UK may be the man to contact - if he still works for Minox that is. Just a thought!!
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    Broken eyecup on HG

    Maybe if you talk to Minox in the UK they will be able to repair them here without sending them to Germany. I had the eyecups replaced on my 10x52 HD BR's (admittedly about 5 years ago) and they were replaced within a matter of days - I found the Minox people extremely helpful and keen to...
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    Zeiss after sales service

    A couple of years ago I had a self-inflicted problem with my 15-45x zoom and sent it to Zeiss in the UK for repair. It had to go to Germany who sent me a replacement with no questions asked. Up here on the fells the landscape can be miles of heather or miles of bracken with no particular...
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    Jenoptem 8 X 30w

    Hi TR3K and Etudiant Thanks Etudiant for the info on the 8x30W - very interesting. I bought a pair in a market in Todmorden, Lancashire about 3 years ago, serial number 4726743 and stamped with the legend 'LOOK AHEAD WITH G.S.D' on the ends of the barrels. They cost me the princely sum of £7...
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    new survey shows hen harriers in dire straits

    It's a big problem and one fraught with difficulty. There are miles of open moorland here with the chances of seeing a Harrier being fairly remote and the chances of actually catching anyone in the act of killing one even more remote. Even if you do come across someone acting illegally you then...
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    new survey shows hen harriers in dire straits

    YBO - stupid yes but all too common I'm afraid where hen Harriers are concerned. When harriers last nested on the Geltsdale Reserve a 24/7 watch had to be put on the nest to prevent illegal disturbance. It's the same just across the county border in Northumberland too as attempts by harriers to...
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    new survey shows hen harriers in dire straits

    No surprise there then. I live in the north Pennines on the northern edge of the RSPB Geltsdale Reserve and am surrounded by THOUSANDS of acres of suitable Hen Harrier habitat but do we have any nesting Harriers? Fat chance! Despite the best efforts of the RSPB wardens and a band of dedicated...
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