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Body upgrade advise
I am currently using 7D with Tamron 150-600 G2 for birding having downgraded from Canon 500mm 4.0 L IS due weight limitation on my physical body. I do a lot of birding under tropical rainforest thus my biggest problem is focus lock due to stronger back light and low lighting. Which body would... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Being hotter and wet this trip compared to last year, less birds were seen this trip. Birding at Tuyen Lam lake on the Da Tien trails yields poor count and a lot of time spend getting onto the trails, having building construction at the beginning of trails leading to many blockages. However... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Refer to my earlier picture of the leveled patch where the trail now commence. This area is now the camping ground with a concrete stage on the slope up side. The parrotfinch was seen near where the current stage locate, where there use to have lots of grass and shrubs over hanging from the... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
There is a Park officer at Bidoup Nui Ba NP who do freelance bird guiding but I do find his knowledge of birds rather limiting. A better guide can be hired from Cat Town NP who also freelance bird guiding but you have to bring him up from Cat Town and take care of all his expenses. Other guides... -
Cat tien in March RFI
Last March, we paid the local private guide US$20 per person to use his private spot with hide to get the GP Pheasant and Blue Rumped Pitta. Most birding activities are confined to the 500m each way of the road from HQ. Got our Peafowl just before dusk about 2 km from HQ toward the grassland... -
Nikon coolpix b700
I am a Canon user. Currently using the 7D with 500mm 4.0 L IS. I am in the process of downgrading to 100-400 'll with 7D2 due to health issue. I am considering either P900 or B700 as a everyday carry around as I cannot easily mobilise my DSLR with humidity hitting upper 90s at time. With a... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Another note. Those wishing to hire a MPV, we got a Hyundai Starex in relatively new condition, including a very friendly and responsible driver owner, who charges us USD60/day for further birding site and USD40/day for closer sites including Ta Nung Valley, Tuyen Lam Lake, Langbian etc, and... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
One note on Tuyen Lam Lake. The old site is a fair distance from car park.The newer site known as Soui Tia locally, one can get off road on a good condition dirt road a further 300m. Then it's another 100m or so to reach broadleaved forest. Mostly level or gentle sloped trails. The 300m from... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
The pine trees they are preparing as building column and the semi completed entrance to the site. -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Two pictures. One for the site where they are going to site a building. The trail got covered by this recently leveled ground. Go to the edge at the middle of picture, climb down the edge of about 8 feet, look around and you should see part of the trail. The other picture show the location of... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Yes, Ta Nung is still accessible but new owner wants happy money of VND100,000 per head. The resort have resumed building but at a slow pace. They are getting a few columns ready for building. Wasted a lot of time lookingfor the trails as per Hendrick's map but to no avail. Even engage the... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Thanks so much Cendrawasih for the latest news on Ta Nung Valley. I asked local Park guides, freelance guides , local taxi drivers and all thêir reply are negative. I shall try my luck on Tuesday. -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Thanks very much Florian and Glennmanc, will see how best with the last day after our arrival in Vietnam. Cendrawasih, we are only arriving Vietnam on 28th February, heading to Cat Tien, then Di Linh, before arriving in Dalat on 4th March. Do update us on Ta Nung Valley. We had planned a days... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Coming closer to my trip and after much assistance from many here, I am getting closer to finalising my itinerary. However, I do still have a couple of questions. What is the preferred currency for Cat Tien, Dalat and HoChingMing City? We do have a day's break at HoChingMing City. Any... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Hi Florian, currently there are still available rooms at Di Linh. Just need to confirm the availability of mini van for the 6 of us. Email the hotel at Di Linh and awaiting their reply. Do you know of any mini van hire in Dalat or Di Linh? -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Based on your extensive experience, would 2 1/2 days at Cat Tien with the park guide be enough to cover all or most of it? We would actually be arriving early afternoon at Cat Tien but will be on our own around the Park HQ area. We may even try the two Pittas widely known as very near to HQ... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Thanks Florian on your advise. To have a guide or not the rest of our team will discuss and decide. We would most probably leave Bi Doup peak out at the moment and just concentrate nearer Dalat. If we are to use a guide for two days only, which of the four locations ( Tuyen East, Tuyen West... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Thanks Florian for the corrections and further info. Glennmanc, your latest info on Ta Nung Valley was excellent. Thanks so much. Since we plan on hiring a van from Cat Tien to Dalat, would it be advisable to just spend a few hours at Di Linh instead of whole day? Or would it be better to find... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Thanks very much Florian, John and amears for your great info. My apology for taking so long to come back here. With my very limited Internet access and going round the virtual world looking for more info took me quite a while. I have always thoughts that the very basic of birding at Dalat... -
Birding at Dalat on a budget
Much had been mentioned about Nam Cat Tien here but I cannot find much info on Dalat. Being a group of retired NGO volunteers with shallow pockets, we would like to visit Dalat after Nam Cat Tien. We are not bird list ticker thus we are not die hard selective species hunter. All endemics and... -
Canon 300/2.8 IS mkII prices
Graham, that was a gallery of nice photos. I assume all are taken with the 300 2.8 IS II? Any specific photo that you can point out with heavy cropping? Any idea how the oldie 300 2.8 (non IS) perform against the IS versions when mounted on tripods? I am looking for a 300 2.8 with the best value... -
Better value birding lens upgrade
Hor Kee, thanks very much for chipping in. My ideal FL of 500-700 is before taking sensor crop into consideration. Even at this FL, I most likely need to crop heavily, but anything longer would most likely render the picture useless due to atmospheric distortion in my humid location. Yes, I... -
Canon 300/2.8 IS mkII prices
Can anybody advise on the performance of the Non IS version against the IS MkI if solely used on tripod? Or is there another site where I can view the comparison like the one linked above? Thanks. -
Better value birding lens upgrade
More than two hundred view but no word from anybody? Am I asking the wrong question or have I ask at the wrong place? Not even critics? -
Better value birding lens upgrade
I have just migrated from Sony with a 600mm ED Telescope. The scope gives me a satisfactory IQ but with failing eyesight, just couldn't get good focus unless I go the Liew View 10X or 14X focusing which are both slow and cumbersome. So AF is a must. I currently use a 60D + 400 5.6 L and also...