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  1. alphan

    Upcoming UK trip

    Will be arriving 1st week August and leaving last week November. Couple of friends suggest We join the RSPB as a starter. We can visit some of their reserves, get updates on local happenings and if in doubts, can always approach the nearest reserves for assistance. Have emailed them but no...
  2. alphan

    Birding at Dalat on a budget

    I heard there is a park staff of Bidoup running his private guiding business, partnering another guide in Cat Tien. This group had set up quite a number of private hides in various National Parks.
  3. alphan

    Upcoming UK trip

    Thanks for the offer. All points taken.
  4. alphan

    Upcoming UK trip

    Puffins would be excellent. Am sure even if I don't see one, they'll be tons of other new to me species to be seen. Will see how to time myself in.
  5. alphan

    Upcoming UK trip

    Thanks everybody for the great advises. We could move our arrival to mid July but how hot will that be? Being on leisurely birding, we'll be avoiding crowded places. We can do birding on foot while enjoying the walk as well. We will be taking a small campervan thus worrying less on...
  6. alphan

    Upcoming UK trip

    We are planning on a long trip covering England, Wales and Scotland sometime in August this year. We plan to drive around on our own for a free and easy birding. No fixed itinerary but we expect to stay for 3-4 months. No specific target species or close proximity as we just enjoy photographing...
  7. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    I rarely use aircon. Our daytime temperature varies between 26-28 deg C. So the temperature are constant throughout. Condensation aren't an issue except if travelling a long time in aircon car. With my C80ED , I need to insert in a tube to move the EP about 40mm outward to get an object 500m...
  8. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Hi, all my optics are only kept in dry box at normal temperature. My first test comparing the Plossl to Baader was out my door. It's like polluted atmosphere thus my hazy description. My second test against a cheap Chinese scope (just bought by a friend) was in semi drizzle though under cover...
  9. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Received my eyepiece, or rather, collected from mail processing centre. A month after arrival, it's still being held by Customs. They claim they are having problem with the computer system. When asked if they can release it after I paid duty, they say their officer not available at Mail...
  10. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Thanks Joachim. Hope they are lenient for this pandemic economy. But usually, at that price, they charge around USD10 only or 5%.
  11. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Finally found a mk4 from FLO in UK. After removing VAT plus postage, paid 165 Pound. Hope customs will be gentle with me. Will update. Cheers. Vincent
  12. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Hi, having looked high and low and even getting friend's help overseas, just couldn't find any mk3 or older EP on the market. Even new ones are out of stock at many shops. I did found local dealers offering the Celestron new, delivered, for a quarter the price of mk4 before postage, customs and...
  13. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Thanks Joachim, where I am, in Borneo Malaysia, any EPs would be rare. Most of my stuffs comes from either US or Europe. Will try checking any possible sites worldwide. Thanks again, have a nice weekend. Vincent
  14. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Thanks Joachim. That leads me to another question or two. With the better suggested EPs, will the standard factory supplied diagonal match them? The suggested EP are much cheaper than the better EPs of Swarovski, Leica, Kowa etc, how will the image of astroscope fare when used for bird watching...
  15. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Hi Joachim, After a month of practice with remote shutter release, I had put my Celestron into over drive. My new video tripod with fluid head is on the way here. Very happy with the result. Now I am thinking of going another level up. I plan on using the scope for bird observation after...
  16. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Hi, I am looking around for someone with a sturdy tripod and head to practice more. When I first gotten the 80ED rig, I was on 1.6 crop factored Canon. The jump to 2X crop factor plus lack of practice spoil the game. We never had any 850g milk powder in our days but only recent years. They cost...
  17. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Thanks Eitan for the head up. Will take note of it. I had the Endeavor binocular that I am very happy with thus my initial rating on the scope. Will hold on my purchase for now. Thanks mayoayo. Will take a look there too. Joachim, your pointer lead me to relook into my Celestron 80ED. Here's...
  18. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    With birds 50-100m away, not much problem but beyond that will be. Yes, I used MF assist with between 3X-20X magnification on Liveview. Slow but doable. But I think my no brand eyepiece may not be up to standard. Will relook in that scenario again. But in the meantime, I'll hold back any...
  19. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    Thanks Joachim for your super fast reply. I do have a Celestron 80ED mounted on my G9 without eyepiece but I still struggle to get descent shots for ID, especially 15-20cm length Plovers. With MF and magnified evf for focusing, the equivalent of 1200mm on my M43 still doesn't help cropping all...
  20. alphan

    Kowa TSN-82SV or Vanguard Endeavor HD 82A

    With Covid 19 locking me down from forest birding, I am turning to migrant shorebirds. They tend to stay 100-200 m away all along the beach. My G9 with PL100-400 is quite useless thus I'm turning to Digiscoping. Options I'm looking at are: 1) Used Nikon Fieldscope 82ED 2) Vanguard Endeavor HD...
  21. alphan

    Birding sites around Milan

    Thanks for the the info. Will try to persuade them to move forward a bit.
  22. alphan

    Birding sites around Milan

    Thanks Giorgio for the info and link. My nieces just informed that the best period for them would be June July. Having briefly went through the suggested itineraries, they all recommend the visiting period as November to May. Any chance to see some or most of the usual birds at that period? The...
  23. alphan

    Birding sites around Milan

    Planning on visiting a niece in Milan for a week plus or two with my wife/birding partner. No particular season of the year planned and may revolve around the part of the year they are free. We should have a week free for casual birding. Any recommendations on where and when we should visit...
  24. alphan

    Birding at Dalat on a budget

    A better guide would be the park guide from Cat Tien. He works as park guide and you can only book him from park hq. He also do freelance guiding to Dalat and a few other birding spots but you have to bring him from Cat Tien and cover all his daily expenses and his return to Cat Tien after your...
  25. alphan

    Body upgrade advise

    After a while without getting any response, I posted at another forum. There it was suggested that I should get a 5D3 or 5D4, both used to suite my budget. Then someone suggested I take a look at Sony mirrorless. Their newer mirrorless are such a fantastic performer at a lower than comparable...
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