article thumbnail

Spotting scope review: Swarovski 25-60×65 STX

10,000 Birds

At first, I made a few record shots, digiscoping through the Swarovski 25-60×65 STX with a hand-held mobile phone, until the battery went flat. I bought my first 20 years ago from some Russian on the seashore in Greece, but have not used it much because of rather dark images (I even took it to India with me – and didn’t use it even once).

Greece 167
article thumbnail

Analogue vs. digital birding

10,000 Birds

Yet, going through the pages of a book is an irreplaceable experience. Ben Lizdas commented somewhere how fascinated he is with optics: in this electronic era, the top-notch binoculars are true high-tech, yet they work without batteries. Cover photo: birding Greece. How about a notebook vs. eBird, Merlin or iNaturalist?

Birds 134