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Neil
Sunday 11th January 2009, 10:47
I still get the A640 out on occasion and enjoy the results that it can give. I also like it's ability to take continuous frames until the card is full without stopping. Very good for grooming sequences or where you pre-focus for a bird to step into the frame.
Here are a couple of images I took last week.
Neil.

Canon A640 and Swarovski STS80HD scope and Sw 30x eyepiece and DCA adapter

Hong Kong,
China.
January 2009
mohbhorn
Thursday 22nd January 2009, 12:06
Neil,
Did you process the pictures ? Any sharpen,Noise reduction ,or only resized?
And do you have to zoom in to get rid of the vignette?
Thank you,
Regards,
Mohbhorn.
Neil
Thursday 22nd January 2009, 12:37
Neil,
Did you process the pictures ? Any sharpen,Noise reduction ,or only resized?
And do you have to zoom in to get rid of the vignette?
Thank you,
Regards,
Mohbhorn.

Mohbhorn,
I do process with Noiseware on most photos and use CS2. I have a shortened adapter for the A640 ( special make ) so I have to zoom the lens about 20% before attaching to the eyepiece adapter. Without the adapter, using my balance bar to support the camera on my Manfrotto sliding plate you can almost eliminate vignetting throughout the zoom range on a 20 mm eye relief fixed eyepiece , like the Swaro 30x . See attached photo taken at wide zoom you can just see a little vignetting in the corners but it soon goes with one zoom click.
Neil.
mohbhorn
Monday 26th January 2009, 18:42
Neil,
Thank you very much,for your prompt replied , I just came back from my Chinese New Year holidays. Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family.
Regards,
Mohbhorn.
Neil
Friday 10th July 2009, 09:23
Now that I have the new Swarovski 25-50x eyepiece ( thanks to Swarovski ) I dragged out the A640 to give it a workout using the Swarovski UCA adapter ( universal type ) . Although the zoom only has 17 mm of ER it seems to be constant throughout the zoom range and the UCA enables the camera lens to get very close.
Neil

Canon A640 plus Swarovski STS80HD scope and Sw 25-50x eyepiece (50x ) and UCA adapter

Hong Kong,
China.
July 2009
RJM
Saturday 11th July 2009, 10:39
Man, that white throated kingfisher is SUPERB! Wish I could find such photogenic species close to Tokyo.

Rick