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 If you’ve ever needed the use of both hands
while holding onto your bins to stop them banging against your chest as you
stride from one hide to the next, this useful product could be a must-have
accessory.
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Don’t get me wrong: I love my scope dearly, but it is often a pain to carry when attached to a tripod. If I put it over my shoulder with the legs extended then I only have one hand for my bins; if I use the tripod carrying strap then the backs of my legs get battered by the tripod when moving over rough terrain. It’s no wonder that the scope sometimes has to stay in the car. But the Scopac could make that a thing of the past, says Chris Galvin
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No equipment-conscious birder should be without a good torch and, while this natty little LED model is not designed for an Arizona owl-prowl, it’s just the kind of gadget to keep handy for emergencies.
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When you’re about to line up the photo of a lifetime, there’s nothing worse than discovering that rain has seeped into your equipment and caused a malfunction at a critical moment.
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“It’s not you, it’s me,” I said to the Mule, before I attempted to saddle it up to my scope and tripod. I’d been looking at the instructions for more than a week and had dreaded the moment when I’d actually have to attempt to set it up. As I am the least technical person I know, I thought it was going to end in tears, and I really didn’t want to have to ask my son Dylan (aged nine) to help me. Steve Hay reveals all.
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So you already have your digital camera and lens, and you’ve even perfected your photographic technique. Now you want to venture further afield and take images on your birding or family holiday. One obvious difficulty immediately arises – how will you store the hundreds of images that you will take on holiday, without taking a laptop or a sackful of memory cards with you? Chris Galvin finds out.
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