Camera and scope help please

[Regl]

I have recently bought a Kowa Prominar TSN 824 (straight) scope
and eyepiece, that says 82 then 60x and 20x what ever that means.

And a Nikon D200 Camera with a choice of lens. The lens that
I normally use is the 28 – 70 with a 52mm thread. I hope that this makes sense.

I have never in all my years been able to understand the finer details about cameras
and how they work. I normally have to ask my grandchildren 8 and 9 to help me.

I will get around to it; I am after help please as you must have guessed.

I want to join the scope onto the camera with a well-made adaptor.
Can anyone advise me in simple terms what I should order, Please?

I will be mounting the scope and the camera onto a flat aluminium bar,
10mm thick, 14cm wide and 50cm long and cut it down to shape to
lighten it but not losing its strength. I shall be bolting it into a quick
release attachment that will sit onto a Manfrotto tripod.

Reg.... Jersey...UK

[Henry B]

Welcome to Birdforum,Reg. Have you checked out the dig..i-scope threads,lots of good info there,

[Regl]

Hi Henry,

I have looked at loads of suggestions in here and cannot see what I am looking for.

Thanks for your message.
Reg

[AndyC]

Kowa do (or used to do) a photo adaptor to attach a camera body to the scope using a T2 type mount. You don't use the scope eyepiece or the camera lense. It gives the equivalent of (from memory) of an 800mm F 10.5 (in 35mm terms). However, I don't know if the D200 would work with this setup - you might lose metering for example. Focusing is via the adjustment on the scope. The other problem is that the whole set up is very 'tail' heavy and needs a considerable amount of support - a lightweight tripod won't do.

HTH

[john-henry]

I have recently bought a Kowa Prominar TSN 824 (straight) scope
and eyepiece, that says 82 then 60x and 20x what ever that means.

And a Nikon D200 Camera with a choice of lens. The lens that
I normally use is the 28 – 70 with a 52mm thread. I hope that this makes sense.

I have never in all my years been able to understand the finer details about cameras
and how they work. I normally have to ask my grandchildren 8 and 9 to help me.

I will get around to it; I am after help please as you must have guessed.

I want to join the scope onto the camera with a well-made adaptor.
Can anyone advise me in simple terms what I should order, Please?

I will be mounting the scope and the camera onto a flat aluminium bar,
10mm thick, 14cm wide and 50cm long and cut it down to shape to
lighten it but not losing its strength. I shall be bolting it into a quick
release attachment that will sit onto a Manfrotto tripod.

Reg.... Jersey...UK

Reg, the only suggestions I can offer is to either visit the Kowa website and see if they do anything in the way of an adapter or put in a search in this forum something like " digiscoping with a DSLR", the information is here it's just a matter of finding it.

The info on your scope refers to the diameter of the front objective lens (82mm) and the 20-60x a zoom eyepiece for the scope with 20-60 times magnification.

Regards

John

[Regl]

Hello Andy,

I dont know about the lens but the tripod is a Manfrotto 055CB, it look heavy enough.

I want to take pics around my garden mostly.

http://www.reg-garden.com

Reg

[Regl]

Thanks John,

I will check it out tomorrow, old age you know, need my sleep, ha ha

[Regl]

Kowa do (or used to do) a photo adaptor to attach a camera body to the scope using a T2 type mount. You don't use the scope eyepiece or the camera lense. It gives the equivalent of (from memory) of an 800mm F 10.5 (in 35mm terms). However, I don't know if the D200 would work with this setup - you might lose metering for example. Focusing is via the adjustment on the scope. The other problem is that the whole set up is very 'tail' heavy and needs a considerable amount of support - a lightweight tripod won't do.

HTH

Hi Andy, I have gone ahead and ordered adaptors... now to see if I am up to getting them working...thank you for your advice... Reg