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    What next after a Viking 50 spotting scope?

    Thanks for all the replies. After visiting the bird fair at Rutland last weekend I chose the Opticron HR66 bought as part of a deal including eye piece and tripod from In Focus. Would thoroughly recommend them for their advice.
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    What next after a Viking 50 spotting scope?

    Thanks for replying. The Viking has an angled 10-35x eyepiece. What I should have said was I am looking to upgrade to another scope having outgrown the 50. The Viking has been an excellent starter scope. I have a budget up to about £1000 to include scope, eyepiece and tripod and would prefer to...
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    What next after a Viking 50 spotting scope?

    I have used a Viking 50 spotting scope for many years and would now like to upgrade to something more powerful with a tripod. Features will need to include something fairly lightweight as well as not too expensive. Where do I start ??? Any advice would be much appreciated.
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    Recommendations for Moosehead and Calais

    Hello all, We are soon to be arriving in Boston from the UK. After doing some shopping we are heading to Greenville for two days to look around a part of Moosehead Lake. We are then moving across to Calais for two days to checkout Moosehorn NWR. Does anyone have any recommendations of...
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    20d + sigma 500 + what converter

    Many thanks for the info. Lovely photo Paul. I think I will go for the Kenko. Its cheaper by a fair amount and image quality looks fine to me.
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    20d + sigma 500 + what converter

    Hi all I would like some advice regards my setup. Has anyone with the Canon 20d + Sigma 500 prime added a tele-converter and if so, which one? Having read numerous posts here and elsewhere I will only go for the 1.4x. I get the gist that the choice is really between the Canon and the...
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    Introduction

    :smoke: Just a couple of lines to introduce myself.Joined the forum last night, like walking and watching all types of wildlife especially birds.Live in Herts. Hello all. bob
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