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Recent content by ronjax
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Japan in April
Have booked flights, visit in part due to Japanese wife's family anniversaries otherwise another time of year. Apart from Tokyo area and Akita (wife's family) I'm looking at a few days on Miyakejima and a few days at Karuizawa. Miyake relatively straightforward but I would appreciate any... -
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Vintage and Classic Binoculars
How best to sell old binoculars? I used to collect them, mainly British ones, but no longer interested. I have for example 10 Ross binoculars, ranging from 6x30 wide angle, circa 1930, a 9x32 of similar vintage, through 7x42 "Tropical" former Royal Danish Navy to my 10x70 ex WW2 Royal Navy... -
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videos from tours as trip reports
Excellent videos! What camera do you use? Here are some vids of mine , not nicely sorted like yours, of my recent first trip to Brazil to REGUA, Ron ps want to buy a tripod? http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL746A79E81766ACC6 -
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Nikon SEs Discontinued
"man-up?" An unfamiliar, totally, expression. Nice though to be called "sensitive", hope I can quote you! -
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Nikon SEs Discontinued
I don't do dress code, certainly not as far as bird watching goes! I don't know why some people wore their bins at the Fair, some indeed were carrying scopes as well in "Scopacs" One can watch birds there but from one of the optics marquees with all the stuff (except SEs) under the sun to try... -
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Nikon SEs Discontinued
The demise of decent porros for bird watching by the look of it. Visited all the "majors" stalls at Birdfair. Only one with porros was Swarovski and theirs were crap compared to the SEs and to their roofs. Swarovski bloke on the stand admitted as much. Swarovski "senior" man agreed that to... -
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Nikon SEs Discontinued
Can't go back until next August. Bins still available here. Guess they are simply running stock down. Ron -
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Nikon SEs Discontinued
Was at Birdfair last Friday. Asked about SEs at the Nikon stand, as plenty of other Nikons on display but no SEs and I wanted to compare a 10x42 with my lovely 8x32. "Discontinued" was the response! Ron -
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Accommodation Near Bempton Cliffs
Best watch in 720p by the way. Toggle the pic frame in the bottom left hand corner until you see 360p then scroll up to 720p. Why FB don't simply default to the higher quality is beyond me, and others, Ron -
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Accommodation Near Bempton Cliffs
Thanks everyone. Found a B and B in Flamborough which sufficed, town not short of a pub or three. Will hotel it next year AND make sure I don't drive via the A59 when the Show is on Grrrrr! Managed some video like this http://youtu.be/0wBfCREpBJ0 -
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Filming Divers
I was parked in a lay by on the road facing the western end. An angling bloke plus little lad pulled their van up behind me and simply walked through the heather down to the lochside and then left (west) and around as far as the reedy/rushy bit on the far side. Return by same route. I didn't... -
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Filming Divers
I think a few simple notices warning of the proximity of "scarce breeding birds" w.h.y and pointing out that their deliberate or willful disturbance is against the law might have helped. I've done some checking (I'm a RSPB and a Natural England volunteer) and ignoring such a notice and... -
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Accommodation Near Bempton Cliffs
Thank you everyone. Will trundle across the Pennines next week if weather forecast seems okay. Local RSPB group had to cancel their annual coach trip through lack of support. Having been on one, it's a fair old journey there and back in a day. Nowt to bother a twitcher of course. One of the... -
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Filming Divers
Video clips here http://youtu.be/jx8PYYCwlh4 not the best quality but long range stuff more or less from where opening clip was filmed Ron -
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Accommodation Near Bempton Cliffs
I want to video the bird cliffs, and to give myself a couple of days to get it right. Weather will be an important issue, wind and/or rain not so good. This means going at short notice. Will it be necessary for me to book accomm. (pub type ideally) in advance? I would also appreciate any...