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    Britain's most prolific egg collector, reoffends again.

    Send him to Rwanda. Lots of eggs to collect there...
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Chimney swift - over Central Park, NYC
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    Sky Rover Banner Cloud 8x42 APO Review

    Thanks - that's a helpful perspective. Four out of 50 to 100, two of which you could see the issues without a flashlight and another wonky enough that both you and the owner thought something was not right when looking through it, isn't too bad.
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    A review of reviewers.

    Ultimately the best judge of optics is you yourself. It's such a personal thing, and differences between observers in sensitivity to CA (for instance) can be quite significant. The "cataracts" thread is a good reminder that most of us have failing vision in some measure or another. I'd gladly...
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    A noob's view from a Swarovski NL Pure 12x42 and a Kowa Genisis 8.5x44.

    I don't know about "most" reviewers, but when I try a Swarovski I definitely have higher expectations than most binoculars. The excellence of their previous and current products, quality maintained over decades (the odd blip, like the armouring issue, apart), and yes, their price, means they...
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    Sky Rover Banner Cloud 8x42 APO Review

    I'd be interested to know how many binoculars you checked (maybe as a percentage) had defects; how many of those you thought the defects had a material effect on the view; and what did you do in those cases - did they all go back to the manufacturer (and how many of the replacements had issues...
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    Nikon 8x30 EII - Strange Issue Inside Lens?

    TBH I would be tempted to just use them unless and until some issue happens, especially if I got them for as low a price as the OP hints he did (what was that exactly? 😇). I have never shone a flashlight into my binoculars, nor really felt the need to. I've had secondhand binoculars which...
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    Product Review: The Sky Rover Banner Cloud 8 x 42 Binocular

    I suppose that's understandable when reading observations like this (written by someone invested in the SRBC, no doubt, lol). I'll try to check it out myself when I get the chance, most probably at the end of the year. I'm expecting a binocular with mechanicals similar to comparably priced...
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    Budget 16x binoculars or straight scope?

    It really depends what you want to see IMO. If trying to nail down ID features of static birds at long distances nothing will beat a scope; if trying to watch action (eg. hobbies hunting martins over wetland areas) binoculars are far preferable, although I personally wouldn't go too high in...
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    Sky Rover Banner Cloud 8x42 APO Review

    I was going to say that maybe it's because I've always bought my binoculars secondhand that I'm not so picky - but in fact if you buy binoculars secondhand you probably need to be even more picky. In any case, yes, I have looked through binoculars from the "wrong end" a few times, but mostly...
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    Product Review: The Sky Rover Banner Cloud 8 x 42 Binocular

    They don't really need to do that though, do they. They just need to beat out the rest of the $600 (or whatever the SRBC price now is) category. I have always felt that good optics ought to have good mechanicals to go along with them, but in all fairness, good optics in a functional body...
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    Sky Rover Banner Cloud 8x42 APO Review

    *** (the C-in-C of Collimation) has said before that he used to stick a large black rubber cup on the objectives of binoculars, pass them to people in his shop and (apparently) this went completely unnoticed by the viewers. Given this, one really has to question whether comparatively minor...
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    Nikon EII general question- Zeiss or B&L framed bino?

    But with porro prisms there should be total internal reflection? PS. IIRC that is true of the classic Zeiss porros, but it might be worth noting that at least some of the later models from Zeiss West eg the 8x50/8x50B went to a one-piece body, I suppose because of better resistance against...
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    Nikon EII general question- Zeiss or B&L framed bino?

    I'd be interested to know if you think it makes a difference. If so, it'd be a surprising omission by Nikon (and others).
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    Engravings German WW1 naval binos

    If only that were indeed the case. In WW1 British capital ships expended a lot of ammo for, at times, pretty poor results. Of course by then both the firing vessel and the target could be moving at more than 20 knots and ranges exceeded 15,000 yards, meaning that shells were in flight for...
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    Reliable site for swifts around SE London/Kent?

    There were some swifts passing through Walthamstow Wetlands yesterday. But you probably could go anywhere with a good open view, preferably with a bit of elevation, and have a good chance of seeing them. I'm not familiar with SE London but places like Greenwich Park, Beckenham Place Park and...
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    G'day from Oz with Honesty about a pair of Carl Zeiss Binoculars

    Good luck trying to buy Leica, Hensoldt etc for next to nothing now.
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    Winchester Cathedral's peregrine eats eggs

    interesting - it does seem first time breeders often are unsuccessful - here's to better success next year. With nest cams we have a better understanding of what actually happens (though not necessarily why) while in the past all we would know was that the attempt failed.
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    Problem with green coating of EL SV 8x32

    I suppose this issue isn't a problem ... until it is! My brother's (referred to in posts above) came back after a couple of months with new armouring that feels a little different and thicker (?). The optics are as outstanding as they always have been, really superb. He's taking extra care...
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    Interviews with Repairers: Richard Biggs of Action Optics

    I've just noticed from his site that Richard has now retired. Richard, thanks once again for your work and your advice. Have a great retirement.
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    Opinion on CN

    @chill - Would it be higher up your list of priorities if it was sold under eg. the Opticron or Vortex brand name?
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    Which binocular(s) did you use today?

    I saw some unexpected (to me anyway) birds on my Catalonia fishing trip a few weeks ago - razorbills, guillemots, and a few northern gannets, and one great skua. Some puffins, but I'd learned to expect those after seeing them last year, and my first Mediterranean storm petrels (not expected in...
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    APM MS-6x30

    I guess the OP has to decide for himself what level of optical performance he really wants. If it's just an improvement over the uncoated Telexem, any single-coated binocular will offer that. If it has to be the best possible view in that class of binocular, the APM is probably (never seen one...
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    Opinion on CN

    Wow, the usual playschool level "insight" from Mr. one liner. So everyone that expresses a differing opinion on binoculars, has to envy your massive... collection? Still waiting for you to tell us about Swarovski's "notable optical innovations"...
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    Opinion on CN

    surely the proud owner of 20, or was that 30 Swarovski binoculars ought to be well up to speed on the history and achievements of the company, including all those notable optical innovations. Lol
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