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Recent content by seawatcher

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    Broken Noctovid

    I would forget about trying to sell these. The price the seller is asking for is anyway way too high. They are not worth anything. I would have made a claim on my insurance in order to afford a replacement. But then, not everyone has an insurance policy that covers optical equipment. If anyone...
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    NL Pure 10x42 broken connector

    Easy to adjust the leather strap, you just tie one or more knots in it. I used to do that all the time in the 60s and 70s. SW
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    Diopter ring malfunction

    Are you sure that the whole diopter ring has slipped, and not just the rubber on the ring, which may have loosened? Worth a check before deciding to send it back to Zeiss or not. i ahve had the rubber on the diopter ring slip on several binoculars, and fixed easily with a dab of adhesive. SW
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    Nikon HG 8x30 dissection

    I disagree with the first sentence. I normally wear glasses when viewing through binoculars. I sometimes remove my glasses, particularly for prolonged viewing. I do not need to float the MHG 8x30 over my eye sockets to avoid blackouts. In fact i do not experience blackouts at all with the MHG...
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    NL Pure 10x42 broken connector

    OMG! Is the connector glued on all of the models using Field Pro attachments. Now I am a little worried...... SW
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    Cruise binoculars!

    Nice glass, although I can just see the cruise passengers struggling to attach the strap with those annoying Field Pro attachments 😁 Shame that they are covered in bits of dead cow.
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    Comment by 'seawatcher' in media 'Common Kingfisher portrait'

    Absolutely gorgeous portrait.
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    ATX eyepiece button stuck!

    Apologies, but I mixed things up. My eyepiece went back for another problem. The one I had on loan from my dealer had a release button that was stuck. Sorry about that. Anyway, turnaround was 5-6 weeks within Europe. SW
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    ATX eyepiece button stuck!

    Nice gesture that your dealer will loan you an eyepiece in the interim. Mine did that too when the release button got stuck. Great service :-)
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    Raptor survey as a work, what kind of bins?

    Good to read an update and to hear what worked for you. Glad you found a pair of binocs you are comfortable with. I also do some raptor work, and the combination of 8x binoculars and a telescope work well, 8x being much more comfortable than 10x for long periods of observation. Never tried a...
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    Would you buy a used Victory SF with these marks?

    Agree wholeheartedly with Denco here. The very obvious scratch(es) suggest that either these suffered a genuine accident, or were not properly looked after. I would be very wary, although give the seller their due that they are not hiding the fact that there are marks on the glass. There are...
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    Still need binoculars if have camera ?

    Use both binoculars as well as a camera. It is much more enjoyable. And you don't need a super-expensive top-of-the-range camera either. Put as much money as you can afford into getting a lens you are happy with, then next priority is the camera body, and so a pair of binocs. You can find a bird...
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    Sea birds off Towan Head, Newquay, 10th February

    Screams razorbill at me, the jizz and the black (not brown) upperparts rule out other auks.
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    Nikon 12x25 Stabilised

    Looking at the Binomania video on YouTube confirmed waht you observed with the battery cover hinge. It just looks naff. With the release catch so close to the focusing wheel I feel it might not be too diffficult to accidentally press the catch and the cover falling off, especially as I often use...
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    Nikon 12x25 Stabilised

    But this review is about the 10x25 S, yet this thread is about the 12x25 S. Different binoculars. But isn't this but same old text that we have seen before? Didn't you just delete all this text, but with the words 12x25 S replacing 10x25 S in this thread a day or so ago? This is just nuts!
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