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Recent content by lmans66
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New binos by mid June.
For $800+ budget you open things up quite a bit. It doesn't mean you shouldn't look at the $400 -$500 price point but look for better quality if my point. I would look seriously at either the Nikon MHG series, or even the Opticron Aurora Series. Both get excellent reviews.- lmans66
- Post #37
- Forum: Binoculars
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GPO Passion ED 8 x 32 Review
It is good to hear ...glad they have improved upon those areas. I do have my Verano's and will keep them but always nice to hear the GPO's are an option.... jim -
GPO Passion ED 8 x 32 Review
I would still look at the Verano....I don't have issues with the diopter. If you want a diopter issue, purchase the overpriced Swaro CL series......gees.... The GPO now seems to have two has two issues....one you mention with the blackouts and one I have seen mentioned, and have experienced... -
GPO Passion ED 8 x 32 Review
To chime in....I have tried just about all of these bins, ....the Opticron Verano beats them all.... not the Traveler....but the more later Verano edition. The GPO had too focus play and from what I understand, many still do.... Stick with Opticron as the quality of the Verano is excellent... -
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Deciding between 8x32's
I compared a pair of Traveler and Verano's a year+ back and decided on the Verano. I feel a better bin for hardly any difference in $. And, up this point, I haven't noticed much 'marking up' of the armor so am happy with it all around. Nice 'service' and reaction to customers I would say... -
Choosing 8x32 vs 7x42 vs 8x25
If you really want to do some birding....I think you will be disappointed with the mini bins you have .... they are nice for a quick view, in the boat, using as a pair when you are biking etc...... Want a nice light pair? Quality...try the Leica Retro 7x35. It fits the perfect sweet spot in the... -
22 years of Birding
Isn't that cool to have that notebook? .... I got into journalling when my kids were young and now journal on a daily basis as I toss in family, birding, photography etc.... Just a record of me. I will be awesome in 20 years to look back as I will have 20 years of my life (actually more since I...- lmans66
- Post #36
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Leica Bins
I feel when you enter the world of Leica optics...you are enrolled in a special club. Not run-of-the-mill, not average...not something you find on every bird walk. Just quality all the way -
Trinovid 8x20 BCA vs Ultravid 8x20 BR
She knew a good thing when she saw it....at least twice -
22 years of Birding
1989....so 35 years of birding. I still have a piece of paper that has the birds I saw in 1989...both sides of the paper are written on. I wish i had kept a more complete journal in those days of my birding like I do now. I have always journaled for much of my life, but more family, and my kids...- lmans66
- Post #19
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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restaurants where you can bird and eat at the same time
Mirador Rio Blanco in Ecuador, outside of Mindo a short distance. If you eat inside, they have a nice glass wall where birds of all kind come and eat, so...you eat, and they eat. The outside patio overlooks the valley below and birds around the entire place. A truly stunning place to spend...- lmans66
- Post #4
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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New AX Visio 10x32 binocular
Oh well...which ever way someone turns....it is fun to talk about. I will never get that over-priced binocular but obviously some are. All the best as we move forward or ....stay the same. -
New AX Visio 10x32 binocular
Thus map skills are dying off..... If I give my wife a map, she has the skills to use it and read it and navigate. If I give one of my sons a map, they don't know what to do with it since they have relied solely upon GPS in their adult life. So the skills die off. Same here with this binocular... -
New AX Visio 10x32 binocular
Or -de-accelerate the learning curve. :-) Kind of like learning a foreign language. If you immerse yourself in it, it helps and don't speak your native tongue. But chances are most people find their native tongue to speak somewhere within that foreign country, thus de-accelerating the...