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Recent content by GeeJayW

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    Advice for first (high-end) binoculars : Safari & Birding

    Congratulations, I hope you get many years of great viewing from your new bins 👍
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    Advice for first (high-end) binoculars : Safari & Birding

    ^^^This
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    Discovering Costa Rica - 2020

    OK, now I'm back home I can post some images... Firstly from Tortuguero. This is an interesting place accessible only by boat along the river or by light aircraft onto a simple landing strip as there are no roads. A thin strip of land with the Caribbean coastline habitat on one side and a...
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    Discovering Costa Rica - 2020

    Back in early January 2020 just ahead of the Covid pandemic, my wife and I took a trip to Costa Rica for a guided small group tour. This took in a number of ‘centres’ where we were able to enjoy viewing a range of habitats including urban, coastal, low-level rainforest, cloud forest and rural...
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    4 weeks tropical birding with the Zeiss SFL 8x30

    Just been reading this thread. OP, Sorry to hear that your car was broken into and your bins stolen. Could happen anywhere, even at home. The reason for having excellent binoculars is to use them to consistently achieve great views under tough conditions. Leaving them at home just in case...
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    Guess the bird-

    Where? 😉
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    Non-native breeding birds in the UK

    And yet the summary doesn’t mention the Slavonian Grebe or Common Crane… I guess they could be in the full report.
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    My Swarovski EL 8.5x42 Review

    I don’t remember how ours were packaged, (though I’d be surprised if the boxes were not in the loft somewhere). It is baffling and somewhat remiss of Swarovski that they are not properly protecting their products for shipping. As mentioned, neither of our pairs have suffered damage or failings...
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    Swarovski el 8.5x42 fp bag suggestions?

    This is what I have for my EL SV 8.5x42. Excellent case (not my advert)...
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    Advice for first spotting scope (+ tripod)

    I’ve had an Opticron ES80HD with SDL v2 for years and have enjoyed the views. A couple of weeks ago I compared it side by side with the Opticron MM4 60 and 77 using my eyepiece and the newer SDL v3. Putting my SDLv2 and a v3 on two MM4 60 bodies side by side was interesting. Really couldn’t...
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    My Swarovski EL 8.5x42 Review

    Nice write up. I’ve had my EL SV 8.5x42 for about 10-years. My wife bought her SLC HD 8x42 (prefers the handling and finds the view more comfortable) on the same day. Both pairs have under all conditions (dawn, dusk, rain forest, mountains, safari, night sky, etc. ), continually delivered truly...
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    Opticron Explorer WA ED-R 8x42

    Thanks Pete. So they are a relatively new (2020/21) product then. As mentioned above I’m quite impressed with them, decent views at a decent price.
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    Opticron Explorer WA ED-R 8x42

    Bought a pair of these at the weekend as a relatively inexpensive back-up pair to my main glasses (EL SV). Must say, I’m quite pleased with them; bright, nice contrast and colours, sharp/crisp in centre field with a little softness at the edge. Quite compact and light. Not seen much by way of...
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    which (type of) computer to get???

    How about an iPad? I have a Logitech Bluetooth keyboard for mine when I want to use it for serious typing, but most of my forum/web browsing stuff is done on my iPad. Can do some photo editing too and there is a version of Lightroom for the iPad though I've not tried that yet. That said I also...
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    Non-Swarovision EL 8.5x42

    I was very impressed with the non-SV EL 8.5/42 that I used for a week up in the Scottish highlands. Am delighted with my SV ELs though I'm sure I would have been happy with the ELs too..
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