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    Is the Zeiss SFL 8x40 worth the difference in price over the Nikon MHG 8x42?

    Dennis as one of your named detractors, I once again have to step in and correct the record. I'm pretty sure I never personally insulted you. Though I get others may see it differently. I have been willing to point out the errors in the way you post incessantly on certain subjects, in this case...
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    Why is buying and collecting binoculars so addictive.

    Context is almost everything in these conversations/choices.
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    Is the Zeiss SFL 8x40 worth the difference in price over the Nikon MHG 8x42?

    I like the part about due investigation. Hopefully we dont yet again confuse opinions and facts.
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    Why is buying and collecting binoculars so addictive.

    Thanks for that. Confess I was naively hoping for a simpler solution to my grumpiness about hauling scope and tripod around. Which I'll quickly add is becoming much less of a thing, as I so enjoy the tradeoff for the spectacular viewing through the scope. I agree with the idea the binos (when...
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    Why is buying and collecting binoculars so addictive.

    Could you name or add photo of your monopod/pistol grip setup, please? Tanks
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    Help needed - suitable tripod

    This was a helpful read for me. The sizing advice is important. A Tripod Primer.
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    Lee Thickett (Troubador) - R.I.P.

    8 vs 10. 32 vs 42. Comity vs content. It all seems so... I miss you all ready Lee. Tommy
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    Is the Zeiss SFL 8x40 worth the difference in price over the Nikon MHG 8x42?

    Was gonna make a joke re being sure not to drop my binos in creek and leave in frig before going out birding. Got to thinking of days from past doing that thing we’re not allowed to discuss and thought this test not too wild, maybe.
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    which 10x42 : Nikon HG / GPO Passion HD / Maven B1.2 / Vortex Razor HD ?

    https://www.fieldandstream.com/gear/best-binoculars/
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    Is the Zeiss SFL 8x40 worth the difference in price over the Nikon MHG 8x42?

    We seen this one? https://www.fieldandstream.com/gear/best-binoculars/
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    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Back to Valle Vista as the migration unfolds. A nice blustery grayish day over a large reservoir, given its name not so curiously set in a valley between forest on one side and high pasture the other. Lighting wonderful. Smaller song birds, tweeties nowhere to be seen. The expected waterfowl are...
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    Holger’s Binocular Book - in English in 2023!

    Peter, I agree it was obviously a joke. I confess as I read, my brain stuck on the word subliminal and went, "subliminal, subliminal, Hmm... I know that word, that's not quite it." So went looking without thinking about it much and posted that above. Apologies if that offended.
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    Holger’s Binocular Book - in English in 2023!

    "In summary, subliminal messages are hidden words or images that are not consciously perceived but may influence one's attitudes and behaviors. The use of subliminal messages - especially in advertising - has been controversial for decades."
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    In dilemma Noctivid 10x42 vs NL Pure 10x42

    "Mainly I am interested in smaller birds." Important point, often not stated. Thanks, helps. Perhaps even more important, how would you describe the terrain where you bird? Back yard from home over flower gardens, bird feeders? Or, close, dense forest? Or open, large bodies of water, with...
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    A few quick thoughts, 7X35 vs. 8X32

    It would, specially if you make the argument (some might), that 10s come into their own out over watery places. Not me of course…
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    A few quick thoughts, 7X35 vs. 8X32

    John seems you may have the affliction to. Thinking in sets being one of the symptoms... That said, guy cant have too many 10s. Well sure he could.
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    A few quick thoughts, 7X35 vs. 8X32

    Yea, me too. I wish I had loved it more. Was jonesing for a NBE experience. Ha! These are totally cool to look at and the "sense" of quality is surely there. The ER was fine, even back with glasses now, (do to double vision thing.) I wrote about the focuser hopefully in a way to be clear it was...
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    A few quick thoughts, 7X35 vs. 8X32

    If forced to name my favorite binocular reviewer on Birdforum, Chuck would most likely be it, or certainly top 2 or 3. So it is with some trepidation that I charge in to this conversation. I‘ve owned the 735 Retro for a week. I've written of an unrequited lust from seeing my very first roof...
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    Best all-around: SFL 8x30 or 8x40?

    Interesting question. Looking at the product, its styling, fits/finishes, focusing mech, hinge, etc. and then through them I wonder, if made in Germany these would not have similar costs with the SFs and therefore have to be priced the same. Going to Japan for whatever economies those larger OEM...
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    Best all-around: SFL 8x30 or 8x40?

    Newly available, I got to handle/look through the SFL 840 late in my year of shopping mainly for an NL or SF 832. I admit to a certain momentum in my thinking that didn't really allow for a serious comparison of it. Getting to experience an 840 twice, I thought though and have written here, it...
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    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    Good day at Valle Vista - Moraga, CA yesterday. Migrations been off to slow start with different order and quantities of birds appearing than we expect. More yet to come, still this was lovely, Acorn Woodpecker American Coot American Wigeon Belted Kingfisher Black Phoebe Black Crowned Night...
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    Cataracts experience

    "Barring any other ophthalmic problems" indeed. Went into cataract surgery with scars in both eyes from vitreous detachment few years ago. Opted for distance vision preference, with Toric lens to correct significant astigmatism. Latter corrected astigmatism in both eyes, which I gather doesn't...
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    How to change Zeiss 10x40 b TP Prism

    Very cool! Thank you.
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    An interesting comparison.

    It surprises me, when I read the scope/tripod section here, how relatively inactive it seems compared with the binocular sub group. In some ways guess I should not be surprised, as I see far fewer scopes than binocs, (especially), or cameras these days among the birders encountered. I put off...
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    An interesting comparison.

    We (me to), often get siloed in our thinking. I like to think - that I think - of my small binocular accumulation as a system, a set, each model has a function that is different from and compliment to the others. I use VP 825s for travel, (on planes, in a backpack) and locally in very tight...
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