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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3348979" data-attributes="member: 109211">We have discussed the Swaro focusers ad nauseum on here and while this aspect appears to continue I am sure it is at a low level. More people say 'just get a Swaro' than say 'don't get a Swaro because the focusers are crap'.Moving swiftly on, the big Conquest gets set up on a tripod in the back window of a cottage we rent on North Uist in the Western Isles. Here it looks over a long fjord of sea-water that almost cuts the island in two. From this window we get to use the Conqs on Red-throated Divers, Otters and Seals, Short-eared Owls, Hen Harriers, Arctic Skuas and more. We have occasionally taken them for a walk but even though they are surprisingly holdable (unless its windy) their bulk and weight mean they are not everyday carries due to our also packing cameras and lenses and backpacks etc etc.I am investigating getting hold of a secondhand Diascope 65 too.............Lee</blockquote>