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    Best birding trips in Central/South America?

    My fiancée and I are planning a 1-week birding trip to somewhere in Central or South America for early August this year and I'm looking for advice or opinions on what would give us the best bang for our time/buck. We are thinking about Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador...
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    Hi I'm back!

    Apparently I posted in here quite a bit in the Aughts, mostly about my Canon 100-400mm lens and other photography and birding topics. I sold that lens yesterday and bought a Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm Vario G II f/4-5.6. But I'm not going to talk about that! (Ok, I might eventually...) We're...
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    Best photography magazines

    I probably shouldn't put this in the Canon forum, but this is where I usually come, and from the stats it looks like most people... What are the best, or your favorite, photography magazines. I was in a Barnes & Nobles bookstore in San Francisco and was surprised to see there were about double...
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    Highlight Tone Priority and RAW files

    Has anyone done any testing to confirm whether or not highlight tone priority (on a 40D) actually does anything when shooting RAW files? Given that RAW files are supposed to capture everything that registers on the sensor I'm inclined to think it doesn't make any difference except to the...
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    What's your kit look like vs. what you *want* it to look like

    I just got my first L-series glass lens, the 100-400, and with just a taste of what it can do to help me see improvements in my photo technique, it's also got me dreaming about the future. I want a reasonably affordable, well-rounded professional gear bag. Here's what I have, and here's the...
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    Does anyone use Apple's Aperture for RAW, etc.?

    I was surprised I didn't find a thread by searching...if it exists, please point me to it. I'm just starting to shoot RAW files, and frankly don't know where to start. I've also outgrown the consumer photot apps: iPhoto, Picasa, etc. So, I've been messing around with Adobe Bridge CS3 and Apple...
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    Bad Bokeh on new 100-400mm (or not?)

    I got my Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens on Friday and took these shots on Saturday. First off I'm blown away by this lens. The detail and clarity is amazing, as is the the color saturation and vividness. But, I was shocked by some of the unexpectedly weird effects I saw in the bokeh. It was...
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    What Metering Mode do you use?

    What exposure metering mode do you use? I switched to center-weighted after I got burned by the Evaluative mode exposing for the sky any time even a small piece of corner was in the frame. At least with center-wighted I know which portion of the scene the reading is coming from. But in the...
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    Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L and 2xTC ??

    I'm sure this question has been asked, but I can't find a good thread using the search engine, so if there is one please let me know. Otherwise... How would you compare a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L (USM, but non-IS) with a 2xTC to, say, the Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L ? I'm not a student, but I have...
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    70-300mm f/4-5-6 or 70-200mm f/4L + 1.4tc

    For birding and all-around telephoto use what do you think is the better lens setup, the 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, or, the 70-200 f/4L IS and waiting a good while to get a 1.4x teleconverter? I have about $500US to spend right now and was planning to get the 70-300 for the length and the image...
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    Best porro under $300?

    A good friend dropped her porros at Yosemite this weekend and they are now out of whack. So I'm advising her on her replacement pair. Budget is $300 and she is used to 8x42 porros. In my most recent email to her I said this: So, if she goes with option b), what are the best porros under $300...
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    Can the nitrogen escape?

    The other night I was rolling the focus wheel back and forth on my new Nikon Monarch 10x42 and noticed that at the far-focus side of the action, the wheel came to an abrupt and satisfying stop. But at the close focusing side it just sort of got tighter until you couldn't move it anymore. I...
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    Celestron Noble 10x42, or wha

    Celestron Noble 10x42, or what? I'd like to think this is my last such post, and that I will finally choose which binos to buy. I changed my mind again yesterday and am pretty sure now that I want 10x42 roofs. After 6 hours on Hawk Hill counting migrating raptors, I realize the extra weight and...
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    Minolta Activa Porro vs Roof 10x

    So, I've pretty much decided to go for 10x instead of 8x since I'm fairly used to holding a 10x steady, or at least not annoyed by the shake. I'll be using these from 8:30-3:30 every other week to count raptors. I am weighing (no pun intended) the weight of the porros (an extra 10 ounces)...
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    Minolta or Konica Minolta? (8x42 D WP XL)

    Hi all, I will be volunteering with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory in San Francisco in about a month and want a good new pair of binoculars for the all-day biweekly shifts. I have narrowed it down to the Minolta 8x42 D WP XL. They are roof-prism binoculars and the D adds phase-shift...
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    Saturday in Eureka, California

    This is my first post to Your Birding Day forum (and I copied and pasted it from this morning's letter to a birding buddy, with some editing for Birdforum.) I added 4 birds to my life list this weekend. I added the Common Murre, Common Loon, Common Yellowthroat, and a solitary Brant. I'm much...
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    Hello from San Fran

    Hi, I found this site while looking for raptor ID quizzes. There's a whole forum here of ID quizzes. Pretty cool. Starting in August I'll be volunteering with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, up on Hawk Hill overlooking San Francisco, counting raptors as they cruise down south. Since my ID...
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