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  1. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    @Hermann This sounds very promising, thank you for the clarification. I've already started to tinker with the settings (I've discovered that quality was set to 90 % by default). I'll see how far I can take it 😊
  2. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    @Hermann I've always been a great fan of Google phones. I had a Nexus 4 and 5, and then a Pixel 4a (which had the best form factor size/weight ratio ever -I don't like large smartphones, which are the vast majority)... but on the Pixel 4 there was no "Pro mode", so I tried a lot of camera apps...
  3. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    @Tiptonian Sure. It's an interesting question. I'll tell you about my experience doing it with some 4-5 different phones. First, there's the phone itself. Currently I have a Samsung, which lacks a feature I love from other brands (like Xiaomi or Nexus, IIRC), which is the option of being able...
  4. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    @GrampaTom Now that was funny, the way you explained it I sort of imagined it like a Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon movie. Regarding pictures with your smartphone and binoculars/scope. I've always been a big fan of photography (I used to have a B/W lab at home to develop my own pictures, and I...
  5. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    @GrampaTom Nice account of the species over there. I absolutely agree about Merlin Sound ID. Before, I used to go with Birdnet, but the sound ID in Merlin is much more convenient. Sometimes it does funny things and claims to have heard impossible species, but on dense forest is a great help...
  6. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    @William Lewis I finally managed to take a couple of pictures. The excuse has been the current stormy weather, with really strong gusts of wind over here in Ibiza. So I've swapped my usual "summertime/hike/everday" setup for the "wintertime/windycoast/car" setup. For the 1390 g of my Swarovski...
  7. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    @GrampaTom When I finally (somewhat reluctantly) decided to buy a scope my main take was: why did I take so long???? Once used to a scope, when birding without one (on open terrain) I feel I miss so much. My brother has also the same setup: ST224 + VA-5, but he's using "only" my old MM3ED 60...
  8. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    @William Lewis Will, happy to have helped by sharing my impressions. Over the last couple of years I've used the Sirui V5 quite intensively and it's still working well. However, after having the 500AH and the RC128 and selling both, I've gone an additional step further. I have the V5 attached to...
  9. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    safaridreaming, wow, that's a most impressive collection. Out of curiosity, I see that none of the heads in the pictures has a handle. Is this just coincidence or you happen to use the head without the handle (in the post above Hermann mentions doing something similar). If so, what's the reason...
  10. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    Hermann, I couldn't agree more about how important the tripod/head can be to make the most of your scope. Actually, this is one of the pieces of advice I wish someone had given me when I first got a scope. Due to a poor tripod/head I realise (now) that I wasn't taking advantage of all the power...
  11. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    Well, some months after my first post, and once I've tried both models in the field extensively I think it's about time I follow up on this thread. As a bonus track, in order to make things more interesting, I've also included a very popular head, the Manfrotto RC128 as a guest. Here's a...
  12. yarrellii

    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    While searching for a head/tripod combo for my ATS65 I've come across different suggestions, but three kept repeating: Sirui VA-5, Manfrotto MVH500AH and 128RC. I've opted to get the two first ones, one for the scope, to be used on the field and one for home use. I'm opening this thread to...
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