This Birding Life

Episode 41: The Past, Present, and Future of Birding Optics

Host Bill Thompson, III, interviews Stephen Ingraham, optics specialist from Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, about technology, photography, the Internet, and how he became known as an optics expert. Posted Fri, 22 Mar 2013.
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