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  1. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    I think you are right Gary but the term 'Viperine' means it looks like a viper, not that it is one. Lee
  2. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    I am no snake expert but I believe this is Natrix maura, Cobra-de-água-viperina, Viperine Water Snake. Lee
  3. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    and, and fish! See pic of fish photo'd in France, we call Chubb in UK and snakes (the one in the pic has just swallowed a fish)! Lee
  4. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Actually in the UK we would call Eppiphiger a Bush Cricket. They have very long antennae, much longer than the small species that we call grasshoppers. Locusts are a group of grasshoppers whose populations grow and shrink in cycles and when a population of them grows enough they migrate in...
  5. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Crickets like this Ephippiger? Lee
  6. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Many years ago while travelling in Netherlands on business I finished my appointments early one day and on the way to my hotel went for a walk in the reserve. I saw a Bluethroat and Roe Deer and a Red Fox saw me and we watched each other for several minutes before he walked away. The Bluethroat...
  7. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    The Kowas would be a nice companion walking around the woods at Groote Peel. Lee
  8. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Torview I have been using one locally and I would not argue with your description at all. More impressive still is that when I leave them near a window at home, when I come back to them I always find that the IPD is wider than mine. This means Troubadoris likes them! Lee
  9. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Very nice assessment. My brother in law visited us recently and tried them out and is buying a pair to complement his Ultravids in the new year. Lee
  10. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Thanks for posting Mike. Lee
  11. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    You are welcome. I can imagine it being a complementary companion to an ED50. Lee
  12. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    I have a narrow IPD so the attachment lugs are as described by Brink, that is they are underneath when I have lifted the binos to my eyes. I did not notice them at all when using the binos in the field, apart from the way they hang from the neck with the oculars leaning away from my body, unlike...
  13. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Thanks Chuck, its an interesting bit of kit. Lee
  14. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Me and Troubadoris share washing up chores CJ. And BTW, I do the cooking..... The GE was stunning but more charming were the Brown Hares that visited almost every evening. See the pic. Lee
  15. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    My pair were fine at minus 0.5C one evening in Scotland on the way home from Islay........ that is quite cold enough for me! Lee
  16. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Thanks for the info on the price. Much appreciated and I will make a correction to the review. Lee
  17. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Thanks Paul. Lee
  18. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Thanks Mike. I don't know the answers to your questions but we all know on here that your brain does a lot of 'processing' of what you see and the shifting relationships caused by differing fields of view/depths of field/reduced magnification-compression means that its hard to visually...
  19. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    I have been using an old Zeiss Dialyt rain guard and while it is not perfect I found it worked reasonably well on Islay. Here is a pic of the one I mean. It is old-fashioned and clunky-looking but it is very effective and versatile. Lee
  20. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Thanks Andy, this was a really interesting model to review. Lee
  21. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Hi Brink I haven't tried the 8x32 so can't comment on that one. You mention poor quality control and sample variation as possible explanations of the CA Allbinos found in the 6.5x. There are two other explanations. One being that their unit was a pre-production unit, and the other being that...
  22. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Thanks GiGi. When those hares stand right up and show their back legs you realise they aren't that small.... Lee
  23. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Hi Chris, We did see the Golden Eagles a few times after this incident but not perched, and not so close. The area had Brown Hares, two of which visited us most evenings (see pic), and we found two hare carcases out on the hill, so the Eagles were probably visiting for this reason. Lee
  24. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    Hi David This was a production unit only delivered to Kowa-Optimed in Germany from Japan a few days before we left for Islay, so was definitely not from the Bird Fair samples. Lee
  25. Troubador

    Review of Kowa BD II 6.5x32 XD

    I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked up one of these at this year’s British Bird Fair, having only recently become acquainted with the view through a 7x bino, but the huge field of view was intriguing to say the least, and led eventually to this review. However, perhaps I should first...
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