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Travel insurance for optics
Can anyone recommend good insurance policies for covering optics when travelling abroad? Preferably providers operating within the UK. I need a policy with up to £3000 in personal items/valuables and a £1000 single item limit (my scope isn't very fancy). I don't have home insurance, as I'm a...- phototroph
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- insurance optics travel insurance
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- Forum: Spotting Scopes & tripod/heads
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Magnification Extension - Scoping through Binoculars?
Hi all, To fill an idle moment, I tried looking through my spotting scope using a pair of binoculars as a makeshift magnification extender. I ended up with some very intriguing results. All the following images were captured on an iPhone through a Vortex Razor 85mm, at a distance of about 10m...- Will K
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- binoculars magnification optics scope spotting scope
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- Forum: Binoculars
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Extreme Nearsightedness--Focusing at infinity without eyeglasses
I am currently shopping to upgrade my binoculars. My #1 hotbutton is the ability of the binoculars to focus at infinity without eyeglasses. I have a -10.5 correction in both eyes, no astigmatism. I would love the ability to purchase APO eyeglass lenses utilizing UD glass at the same quality...- Davidae
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- binoculars equipment focusing at infinity imaging myopia nearsighted nearsightedness optics
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- Forum: Binoculars
