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    Items for sale

    Have been absent for a long time due to 24/7 caring role...have some items for sale....can I use this bit of the site or is there a special place to advertize ?
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    Help.

    Thanks Yossi...I will get such an item and keep it in my bag....Les.
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    Help.

    Thanks Gary....as suggested i phoned Gary and a new cover arrived within a couple of days...thanks Gary...good service and much appreciated. Les.
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    Recording from a keyboard.

    I'm new to computers...at 65 it was a major step and I am as dim as dim...I play the keyboard and have been told that I can connect a cable! from my keyboard to the computer...record a tune into the computer and then transfer that ...burn it!!!!! onto a disk which i can then play on a CD...
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    Help.

    thanks ary thanks for your help Gary...i will be in touch this week...Les.
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    Help.

    whilst i am more than pleased with every other aspect of my Leica 62 APO scope i have , as i expected, just lost the end lense cover....not at all satisfactory for a scope of this price,....badly designed i thought....suggestions please for a more durable cover.......it's the front lense cover i...
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    Every bird-gardener's dilemma!

    surely the decision needs to be made on 1 the welfare of the bird...2 accessibility....3 possible disruption to the local residents...who wants a hundred or so twitchers searching for a pygmy owl late at night....there are probably other considerations but these will do for starters......if all...
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    Bird watching vs Ornithology

    when i first started I think i was more interested in seeing as many different birds as i could...that soon wore thin...i got just so interested in birds and their behaviour...thjis evening , for example i spent ages watching two crows through my scope as they interacted with a couple of...
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    Window Scope Support "Bag"

    wouldn't a bean bag be lighter and still do the same job...I suppose it depends on the weight of the scope but Bill Oddie says he uses his Leica APO simply by holding it on a fence post ect....without tripod or other pod....although he does say Leica would not necessarily support such a...
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    Social or solitary birder?

    There is a follow up to that....just to make the point...when I retired from my job...never mind what it was but it was a collar and tie job...high profile always in suites and ties...you know the sort...anyway...I got rid of all my suites, ties etc , hired an old builders ford transit( the van...
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    Social or solitary birder?

    Only once have I been with others...two really good bird watchers...and saw more birds on that visit than I have ever seen before or since.....BUT...I still prefer to be alone...not antisocial...I think.... spent a visit to the marshes outside Canterbury last week...never saw another soul and...
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    new scope Leica APO Televid62.

    Zoom V fixed. Thanks ...really helpful...I noticed what you mean today when I was looking at some distant birds...not much depth of field...and the grass behind was out of focus...thought there was a problem with the lense until I thought about it.I love the widest angle of the zoom at...
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    an evening to remember

    Not long ago I had a fantastic day seeing so many different birds over the marshes. Last eveing at about 7.30 I popped down to the cliffs over Dover. went down to test out my new leica apo 62 with zoom lense....saw just one chiff chaff and a white throat with grubs in its beak(to feed the babys...
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    new scope Leica APO Televid62.

    P S.. last night about 7.30 pm used the scope to focus on a whitethroat with grubs in her mouth...what a sight...she was off to feed her babys I think, a little later saw her on a tree singing...just so clearly so my scope gets thumbs up.Les.
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    new scope Leica APO Televid62.

    Have been using the zoom and am very satisfied with it,,,,,at it's lowest magnification the depth of field and width of view plus,of course, the clarrity is really good...and I do use it to zoom in and enlarge my sighting without problems. great lense and as I'm now skint it will more than do...
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    new scope Leica APO Televid62.

    Al, As you suggest I will stick with the zoom and see how it goes...I love it.BUT...heres a question for you and any others who are in the know....is the scope and performance of a fixed 16 the same as the 16 setting on the zoom...or is it better, brighter etc.....Lers.
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    new scope Leica APO Televid62.

    discovering the zoom. I spent today testing out my zoom...really put it to the test and needed some time to get used to it...I find that as I used it more and more I really discovered the benefits and the quality of it....even more pleased but I will probably get a fixed lense as well...but...
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    new scope Leica APO Televid62.

    choice of lense I chose,on the recommendation of staff at ace cameras, the 16-48 zoom...I am certainly not displeased with it although at full stretch it seems to darken a little but overall lovely and clear...I do wonder about getting hold of a fixed focul length lense...I found them better on...
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    new scope Leica APO Televid62.

    My new scope the APO 62 arrived yesterday...having not long ago bought the Ultravid bins 8 by 42s I was convinced about the televid by Leica and the press on bird forum seems good so bought one from ace cameras with manfrotto carbon 441 and the 700 RC2 head which ace cameras recommended...a...
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    Leica APO Televid 62

    Am considering the APO Televid 62...have read a good report on it by bill odie but would like some other views.....my aim is to get one of these and a carbon fibre tripod...at 65 I need something light to carry..and the price, for the quality seems okay.....should I get a 32 W lense or the...
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    Information wanted on scanners

    No pressure...honest..but if you are interested I have a virtually unused...6 or so slides through it...Dual Scan 1V...really good I think.....it really is as new...read up about it and if you are interested £75 including postage. Revles....If you are not interested it's there for anyone who...
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    What a Day.

    Actually it was not a full day,just about 2 hours spent this afternoon at Grove Ferry, east of Canterbury....an English Nature wetland area with plenty of reed beds and water. The first sight that greeted me was loads of Swifts flying just above head height, low I was told due to the weather...
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    Early swifts....around here that is.

    I have just been out with my dog...I live on the western heights..just outside of Dover, Kent. I was surprised to see a dozen or so swifts flying overhead....they normally, in my experience, seem to turn up over my place around mid May....it was really exciting. Les
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    jackdaw invasion?

    Have lived in same house for 20 years and never seen a jackdaw in my garden...this year I have had up to four at a time feeding from my peanut container and the fatballs....they are there every day and swing on the fat balls, eating, while the others wait their turn..is this unusual behaviour...
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    Well, it was a toss-up, but the Ultravid won.

    I too was unsure as to which bins to buy...I ended up getting ultravids 8x42s and what a fantastic buy they are......yes the focus ring is not as smooth as some...but the viewing is amazing. I had bigger bins before but they were heavy...I can actually see better with these and they are...
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