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" We couldn't help but wonder if the vole was inside calling for help."


A live critter in the stomach (craw) of an egret could cause damage. The bird would undoubtedly kill it's victim before making a meal. Anyway the bird's craw would make short work of grinding the meal quickly, so the vole would have little time to consider it's plight.

That is a great sequence, thanks for posting it.

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So is there any difference in quality in "grey model" cameras compared to "authorized dealer" cameras? Or is the warranty the primary issue?

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Photographing the moon is easy. What is lighting the moon? The sun. So use the same exposure as you would use on a bright sunny day. If you shoot outdoor shots in bright sunlight at ISO 200 and expose at 1/200 sec at f/16 then use that on the moon shots. Works every time.