BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="RJM" data-source="post: 1691501" data-attributes="member: 66340">I am taking an alpine lake birding tour on the 24th in search of the Crested Kingfisher and it will require ~12km hike around the lake. We have been told there is not room in the minibus transport for much gear so I am leaving my big Kowa kit behind and taking my ED50. I foolishly sold my DS16x so did not think I could digiscope with the MCII zoom on the ED50 but was happy to see my Panny FX150's lens fits perfectly within the zoom's eyecup. Took it out today for a test run to see how handholding works and I was quite suprised with the result given the gusty winds! Didn't think decent pics would be possible with the short eyerelief of the zoom but vignetting went away easily. I'm encouraged! All taken between 25-40m distance.</blockquote>