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  1. Musoman

    Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, UK - Duck

    This bird was quite a distance for my camera, I thought Tufted, but others in the hide have mentioned a Scaup , possibly female Greater Scaup, but need some confirmation. Shot taken yesterday 27th Sept . Thanks
  2. Musoman

    RX10 IV not focusing in AF or manual

    I fully admit right at the start that it is probably user error, but i have changed nothing since i last put the camera away, and picked it up today and AF isnt working at any distance. Tried in manual mode and manual focus didnt work either. I have AEL set to back button AF Limiter is set to...
  3. Musoman

    Unknown BIRD , Devon coast, UK

    Bit of a poor shot, but we have some very knowledgable folk who i supsect will tell me what this bird is. Taken at the weekend on Burgh Island, Devon
  4. Musoman

    Nikon 2 piece hoods

    Not one of Nikons best designs, very clunky ..and that's my own opinion naturally, but since Nikon did away with 2 pieces hoods on the model after the 600/F4 G, i'm guessing it was easier and less costly to make the big Teles use 1 piece hoods. I checked Zemlin Hoods in the USA, but incredibly...
  5. Musoman

    ID for Warbler ? UK

    Some people photographing this bird were convinced it was a Ceti's Warbler but it didn't look much like one to me. I thought Sedge Warbler but would like proper confirmation. Bird was captured at Ham Wall NR, Somerset Levels, Wednesday 24th May
  6. Musoman

    3 Birds ID - Oxfordshire UK

    Taken on Thursday 22nd Sept at Farmoor Reservoir , Oxfordshire Possible Juvenile Herring Gull ? Greylag + Farm Goose ? Ruff , but male out of breeding season or maybe female ?
  7. Musoman

    Eye relief

    I have a pair of old Commodore 12x50 wide angles, but the eye relief is pretty short. The cups do not extend , so to get good views, i have to rest the fixed rubber cups on my eye sockets. This is not uncomfotable at all and it even helps steady the binoculars, but what is a pain, is that the...
  8. Musoman

    W&WT Gloucester UK - UK or Foreign/American ?

    Photo'd at the Wetland and Wildfowl Trust, Gloucester. The expert staff couldn't ID this bird, so he said possible mixed breed. I know they have a lot of foreign birds including some North American ducks. Strange that it seems to have what looks like a hole through the beak
  9. Musoman

    Greylag - Hybrid, Leucistic or Juvenile ? - Oxfordshire UK

    Can anyone say which one this Greylag Goose is ? Taken at Farmoor Resevoir today ( Oxfordshire )
  10. Musoman

    Electrical contact problem ?

    Just acquired a Nikkor AF-S 500mm F4 D and have what seems a leccy contact issue with one of my 2 Nikon bodies. The lens works fine on my D7000, but wont make contact on my D7500. I've got the dreaded F EE in the viewfinder / info screen. Strangely, all my other lenses ( Nikkor, Tamron...
  11. Musoman

    Bushnell twist eyecups Birding 8x42

    I have these Bushnell Birding Series 8x42 WA, and the eyecups are not right. The left eyecup twists out very loosely. I can just use one finger. By contrast, the right eyecup needs a grip with thumb and forefinger akin to strangling something to extend it. Both eyecups stay out fine when...
  12. Musoman

    Is it a Warbler ?

    Is it a Warbler ? UK Taken in the summer in a meadow near the Windrush river in Oxfordshire. Looks Warbler-ish, but i need help ! Also, could it be a female ?
  13. Musoman

    Wader I.d.

    Can anyone positively ID this little group ? Pipers ? Godwits ? Shot 22nd Sept in the afternoon at Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury estuary, Essex Thanks !!
  14. Musoman

    Head purely for hide shelves

    Thought this might be of interest to those birders ( me included ) who spend a lot of time in bird hides where a tripod is cumbersome, especially if its full of people Most bird hides that i've been in, have shelving under the windows, and i thought i could utilise those shelves as a platform...
  15. Musoman

    Anyone good with Spider ID ?

    This wee thing was tiny, so had to use my macro lens. It was simply resting outside my window in West Oxon. Taken 8th August this year I have included a size comparison shot with a ballpoint pen !
  16. Musoman

    1.4TC - which model for 500/f4 ?

    Looking for a Nikkor AF1.4 TC for my 500 f4 AF-S Mk2 D. I think this lens is the one previous to the VR model. So, which of Nikkor 1.4 TC's should i be looking at ? I use the D610 I believe there's the AF-l , ll , and lll ... is there a model of those 3 that will allow CH AF setting ? Thanks !
  17. Musoman

    DODGY DUCK ID Oxford UK

    This oddball duck was shot at Oxford's Otmoor RSPB on Saturday last and kept us guessing as to its ID Looks like it could be an eclipse, but of what ? Its too big to be a Tufted, and so could it even be a hybrid ? This fellow has a very dark or even black-ish beak, and pale legs Couldnt...
  18. Musoman

    Unusual birds on feeder ?

    I live 2 floors up and have a feeder outside my balcony Caught these 2 on the feeder - a Magpie and a Blackbird. I have never seen these 2 birds on my friends feeder and she has a proper garden with 5 more feeders than me. Is this weird to see these birds, which are normally ground...
  19. Musoman

    Vignetting with Ext Tubes

    I decided to cut down the length of the engineerd alloy tube i used on my previous scope, because its a bit awkward to use So with that cut down, i need to use an extension tube for close focus, so tried out both my AF chipped set, and a non chipped tube The AF set with contacts is pretty...
  20. Musoman

    Tamron 150/600 - it has a place

    You can always spend 5 or 10 times more and get a big white prime Canon or pro Nikon. But to build a lens at this price is good going. If you work with its limitations , like any lens, then it'll work for you Hand held A Whitethroat , Common Tern , and Black Headed Gull
  21. Musoman

    Viewfinder vs Live View

    I have a slight difference in focus accuracy using both methods I check the viewfinder and focus confirm green dot, and then try focusing using live view and find that i have to re-focus Taking the 2 shots of the same subject using both viewfinder and then live view reveals that Live View...
  22. Musoman

    Paul C - Sunagor 100/200

    Hey Paul Just blagged a Sunagor 100/200 like yours, fairly cheap at £9 and just wondered if you had any photos of the TN after stripping it out of the lens ? It wont be here for a few days, so no hurry. Just want to be sure i get the right part. TN's seem to be different depending on the...
  23. Musoman

    Exposure Chip

    I've just found this Macro Extension set with chips ( never used ) in my photogrpahic draw, and wondered if mounting a TN in the very smallest tube ( the 12mm ) would give me some exposure metering and / or focus confirm ? Cheers!
  24. Musoman

    ES 80mm F/6

    Cango - ES 80mm F/6 !! Couldn't put this in the Set Ups thread because no one has posted for so long, that it wouldnt allow another post After getting a reprimand from Cango for leaving the Astro Photography gang, i have relented and got back on the wagon with another scope Its the ES 80mm...
  25. Musoman

    What the heck ???

    User error or lens problem ? These photos are pretty awful. I shot about 40 frames ( some were single frame, some were a burst but it made no difference) of the Partridge and Heron, and all 40 came out like those below. Both subjects were frozen at the time of shots, no movement. Nikon D610...
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