GS815GA advice please. (1 Viewer)

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BarryH

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• Feb 4, 2010

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I'm thinking of buying one of the Opticron GS815GA scopes and would like advice on their suitability for wildlife and digiscoping. The eyepiece I have in mind is the HDF Zoom 20/60.

I've been a product photographer for a number of years and only really learned of digiscoping when I started birdwatching.

Any help or advice at all would be most appreciated.

 

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Perry Grin

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• Feb 4, 2010

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BarryH said:

I'm thinking of buying one of the Opticron GS815GA scopes and would like advice on their suitability for wildlife and digiscoping. The eyepiece I have in mind is the HDF Zoom 20/60.

I've been a product photographer for a number of years and only really learned of digiscoping when I started birdwatching.

Any help or advice at all would be most appreciated.

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I'm not a digiscoper but my understanding is that ED glass is of great benefit when digiscoping. I think the GS has an ED version and there is also the similarly priced Opticron ES80ED which is used by a lot of guys on this forum for digiscoping.

Perry

 

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BarryH

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• Feb 4, 2010

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Thanks for the help.

 

Rob Laughton

Bird, bird, bird...

• Feb 7, 2010

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Hi Barry,

What Perry says about ED glass is correct but you would also be better off on the digiscoping side of things if you were to get a fixed wide angle eyepiece rather than a Hdf Zoom. The best fixed wide angle eyepieces for the job with the GS 815 are the following;

40810 HDF 23XWW
40809 HDF 32XWW

There is also a new FS7 Panasonic Opticron Digiscoping Kit, if you are looking for a good camera kit to do the job;

http://www.opticron.co.uk/Pages/fs7kit.html

Rob

 

Last edited: Feb 7, 2010

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BarryH

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• Feb 7, 2010

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Thanks for the help Rob.