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franz.heymann

New member

• Nov 5, 2003

• #1

Please tell me what digiscoping is.

Franz

 

James

I'm losing it!

• Nov 5, 2003

• #2

Hi Franz

It is the alchemic impossibility of pointing a digital camera down a telescope and getting a decent picture of a bird. You have to sell your soul to be good at it!

James

 

IanF

Moderator

• Nov 5, 2003

• #3

Hi Franz,

As James says Digiscoping really just amounts to taking photographs usually of birds through a spotting scope. The 'digi' bit referring to the use of a digital camera.

It can be quite an expensive business as IMHO you really do need an expensive scope for decent results and a decent digital camera, most popular being the Nikon C4500.

Then you need a stable tripod and an adapter to connect the camera to the scope and a decent sized memory card.

Once you get the bug, it's hard to stop yourself from adding extra bits and pieces.

 

Geoff Brown

Well-known member

• Nov 5, 2003

• #4

I will add you need a big memory card because at first you have a lot of failures.

 

dylan

Well-known member

• Nov 5, 2003

• #5

franz.heymann said:

Please tell me what digiscoping is.

Franz

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Geoff Brown

Well-known member

• Nov 7, 2003

• #6

Dylan,

You should get a job with Disney as an animator, brilliant!

 

dylan

Well-known member

• Nov 8, 2003

• #7

Geoff Brown said:

Dylan,

You should get a job with Disney as an animator, brilliant!

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Cheers Geoff, maybe I'll ring him. I need a job !