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    Zeiss SFL 8x40 This Year's Best New Birding Binocular!

    What about the Opticron Aurora's / DDoptics SHG models? Are they really inferior to the Zeiss SFL? Most users seem to praise them much, including their glare resistance.
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    Help: Cleaning the eyepiece’s inside without opening it?

    I think it was really a mite species that managed to get into the binoculars .... and then died on the glass surface.
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    Help: Cleaning the eyepiece’s inside without opening it?

    Hi all! Thanks to henry link's great instructions, I could get rid of the object. The grub screw was quite tight, but with the help of penetrating oil and careful turning my father (as a precision engineer actually predestined for this) managed to remove the eyepiece. Cleaning it and screwing...
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    Help: Cleaning the eyepiece’s inside without opening it?

    Okay henry link, you have convinced me. I will try it first as you described. The reason why I was reluctant is that I seem to remember someone here on the forum had a problem with the eyepiece of his SE and in a bid to fix it he messed it up. But maybe it was something else and I'm wrong. The...
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    Help: Cleaning the eyepiece’s inside without opening it?

    Hi all, Thanks for your input! I think I will try the following in this order: 1. Using electrostatic charge and a strong magnet near the eyepiece. 2. Tapping the eyepiece gently after cooling the binoculars down. 3. Trying to remove the eyepiece as henry link described to get rid of the...
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    Help: Cleaning the eyepiece’s inside without opening it?

    Thanks for your replies! @peter: A laser pulse came to my mind as well, but it would be challenging just as you said. I think the object is indeed a small dead animal, since I saw it moving and then disappearing at the edge. Several months later it was there again, now stationary, i.e. dead. I...
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    Help: Cleaning the eyepiece’s inside without opening it?

    Hi all, Do you have any experience with cleaning the inside of the eyepiece when you can't open it? More specifically, the issue is that there is an object in the left eyepiece of my Nikon SE 10x42 (presumably a dead insect or similar) that can be seen as a dark dot when looking against a...
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    Zeiss Victory SF and Leica Ultravid HD Plus tested by Kikkertspesialisten

    FYI: Website of kikkertspesialisten was updated again. Binoculars and spottingscope reviews from 13 April 2015. Markus
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    Zeiss Victory SF and Leica Ultravid HD Plus tested by Kikkertspesialisten

    There are new test results of three categories, see https://www.kikkertspesialisten.no/tester Regards, Markus
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    Duckling ID - Croatia

    Thanks Nutcracker for your reply, you have confirmed my assumption! Markus
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    Duckling ID - Croatia

    Hi, I've seen a dark duckling in Croatia which was in company of Mallard ducklings and a female Mallard. Is this dark pullus a Tufted Duck? Or may it also be a Mallard pullus? Maybe if the father was a "Manky Mallard"? How do hatchlings of such manky, "wrong-coloured" Mallards look like in...
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    Winner Announced; Next Drawing July 10th: Win a Pair of PRIME HD binoculars

    Why not...
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    Birds in Croatia: Gulls and Buzzard

    Thank you Cristian once more for your reply! This kind of argumentation I've expected. So for me both species would fit by the looks of it - at least none of them can be ruled out for sure - but this means it's probably a Common Buzzard, which is more likely in general... Markus
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    Birds in Croatia: Gulls and Buzzard

    Hi, thank you very much for your explanations and opinions! So for the Gulls all seems to be said. A Booted Eagle I can rule out, it was definitely a Buzzard. And the unanimous opinion is a Common Buzzard, which was also my initial thought. Nevertheless I would like to know which feature rules...
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    Birds in Croatia: Wheatear

    Hi, thanks for your replies. I was also given to Eastern Black-eared Whetear, but wanted to have some additional opinions... Thanks again, Markus
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