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    Difference of view through binos w or w/o laser protection

    Who of the forum members is the proud owner of especially one resp. two of the newer Hensoldt military binos 8x30, 7x50 or 10x50 with and without laser filter protection and would like to provide a view by camera through the tubes of his treasure(s)? I'd like to know how disturbing a laser...
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    Trivia bino question - movie binos "Rear Window"

    What kind/brand of binos are used by Jimmy Stewart in the Hitchcock movie "Rear Window" 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5pn48wzBuw Stop movie at the very first second or look at this
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    Antother tagged buteo buteo in the Teutoburger Wald

    Almost three years after the first encounter with a buzzard tagged by Prof. Krüger of University of Bielefeld another one visited the area. The picture was taken by a trailcam. Originally a movie I turned it into a still. The buzz can be seen on the far right. The buzzard chick had been tagged...
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    Informations wanted: Glory Katsuma binos

    Does anyone of you forum members now where these binos are available in the western hemisphere? http://www.katsuma-optical.com/item.html
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    Bino identification

    While browsing the web for informations about the IBW and if someone was lucky enough to have a sighting of this bird I found an article about Tim Gallagher and Martjin Lammertink searching for the IWB in Cuba in January 2016. Lammertink's binos could be identified immediately: they are a well...
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    Focuser arm broken on Canon 7x35 vintage porro

    Unfortunately the focuser arm of my new to me Canon 7x35 porro binos is almost broken. First I reckoginzed that the left eyepiece didn't follow up as well as the right one when turning the focusing wheel and thought of a mechanical problem caused by cheap material but everything on these binos...
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    Type of prisms in Japanese classic binos

    Sometimes they appear on the internet on sites like ..bay and on yard sales. The classic Japanese binoculars of the porro 7x50 type. Exactly the type I grew up with when my father once owned a pair of. My question is if they were built on BAK4 or BK7-type prisms. Were there some among the...
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    Identification needed

    Currently there is an offer on a well known auction site in Germany. It's a pair of 7x50 porro binos with absolutely no production marks. Probably it's one ot the experts out there to identify this pair of porros by shape. They seem to look like Swift Audubon or Nikon porros.
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    Vintage 8x30 7.5° Canon porro

    While browsing the *bay I found some of the old and obviously discontinued Canon 8x30 7.5° porros. Is someone here who has any experiences with these binos? They are obvioulsy not made for the use with eye-glasses. But how is the sharpness and what about a however tint which often can be...
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    Kowa TSN-1 and TSN-3

    Is anyone here who has one or even both scopes (TSN-1 and TSN-3) or it's counterpart with a straight eyepiece in use and would like to provide some pictures taken through these scope to show any difference in quality. As far as I understand is that the TSN-3 is the upgrade version of the TSN-1...
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    Leica 7x42 Ultravid HD vs. Zeiss 7x42 BGATP

    Is anyone here who has/had the opportunity to compare the new Leica 7x42 Ultravid HD agains the Zeiss 7x42 BGATP? I have the latter one for almost 20 years and would like an upgrading. Not optically but mechanically especially concerning the advantage of the new Leica being waterproof. Not that...
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    Juvenile Large Spotted Woodpecker

    Caught with my trail cam: A juvenile Large Spotted Woodkpecker right behind our house. He and his parents are very often guest at the feeders.
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    Baiting the sparrow hawk

    Yesterday when coming back home from a little pizza dinner we found a juvenile sparrow hawk sitting in our driveway. We stopped the car and watched, then carefully approached. He flew a few yards further and sat down again. When we left the car slowly and carefully he first flew up and sat down...
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    Hensoldt 7x50 German Army - any experiences

    Has anyone of you tried one of these surplus German Army 7x50 Hensoldt binos? I mean the old batch and not the newer ones with laser protection. How do they perform in daily use and in field conditions when it is not necessary to turn the focus wheel everey few seconds? Any thought about the...
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    Birding by trailcam

    Last year I offered the tawyn owls a new home which was accepted for a short time only. Later on the stock dove (columba oenas) moved in. In winter I cleaned the nest box and mounted the trail cam again. The pigeon is there again. But who is the visitor at nighttime? Stone marten (martes...
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    Leupold Golden Ring vs. Golden Ring HD

    According to other threads dealing with the question if to buy a now discontinued Leupold Golden Ring 8x42 with HD or non-HD it seems that the HD version will outperform the older one without HD. But when did Leupold start to make the HD versions. When browsing for pictures of the Golden Ring...
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    Nikon 7x35

    Unfortunately I couldn't reply to this quite old thread: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=250494 So, let me place my question right here in a new thread: Sorry for digging this out, but what about the quality of the Nikon 7x35 porros of those bygone days, for example one like this...
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    Tagged Buteo buteo in the Teutoburger Wald area Germany

    On Sunday, February 1 2015 I "captured" a buzzard with one of my trail cams I have placed at a salt lick not far away from my home. Not only that this was the first time to get a bird of prey instead of all those pigeons, crows, magpies and jays this buzzard was tagged and it was one of the rare...
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    Trail cams

    Is anyone here using trailcams to survey nesting boxes and bird houses especially during the winter months? Last year we tried a Moultrie Camera with good success. Nice to see that even by nighttime the bird house was accepted - by a marten! Next spring I would like to survey nesting boxes...
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    Hello from the Teutoburger Wald area in Germany

    I found this forum while searching for informations on a new pair of binos. Additional to my Zeiss 7x42 BGAT*P* and my Jenoptem 7x50 made by Carl Zeiss in Jena I now have another European pair of binos (pob), the Meopta 10x42 HD. As a child I've been always interested in nature, especially...
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