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    Nuthatch - and, what is it?

    Taken few days ago. Nuthatch's nesting. pair going in and out. Then this one comes out with this in the beak/mouth. Thought first it was poop, but no, does not look like it. Insect? (what's left of it?) Something the kids did not like? Someone have and idea? thanks in advance
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    More birds through the scope

    Had great luck with the treecreeper. It suddenly was infront of me. All recent ones. Enjoy (Celestron 80ED telescope and Olympus E-M1) Carlos
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    Birds Through the telescope!

    Few birds from this year. Yes, I still use my telescopes 99% of my shooting. Below from a floating hide with the triplet 480mm apo The Wryneck is with the celestron 80ED Thanks for looking :-)
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    extension tube lenght alters focal lenght?

    at the moment I have approximatedly 10-11 cm extension tube lenght (80mm and pushed out a bit, as well as the camera mount adapter out a bit. one of the photos below was taken at 300mm (zuiko 75-300) the other with the 600mm celestron 80ED, and sitting at the same spot. Sensor plane difference...
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    TS Apo Pistol Handgrip ASH101 Beta 1

    Well, here is the rough draft. Haven't yet tried it in the field, only indoors. The weight balance is obviously off, putting great strain on the wrist, thus it feels heavier than it is. The biggest drawback - not the grips fault - is that you only are able to thumb-focus in small increments...
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    A BETTER upgrade than the new oly 300mm f4?

    Perhaps. Perhaps not. But for me I think so :-) A hide for water birds, to zoom "with my feet". And a shorter - the ts apo 480mm, for a wider view. Though it might be to long, but it all depends. Had planned to build a home made "Hidrohide" first - even bought all the materials - til I...
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    Astroscoping, art of the past?

    Am I right? With the affordable 150-600 lenses (Tamron/Sigmas) I've seen less and less interest in astroscopes. They may not be comparable optically - for the same money - astroscopes (apos) being sharper, but I guess the 150-600 are good enough, and user friendlier. The reason I brought...
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    Brambling chaffinch hybrid?

    Not sure where to ask this, so I try here. Might this be a hybrid? Looks like a brambling (male first winter) but sounds like a chaffinch (http://www.birdforum.tv/action/viewvideo/4429/Brambling_chaffinch_hybrid_/?ref=cango) He had a female chaffinch after him the whole time. Thanks for any...
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    Astroscope + DSLR = Setups!

    Here's mine Scope: Celestron 80ed apo Tripod: triopo (cheapish carbon fibre one, dont recall modell) Head: The gimbal from ebay/india Ext-tube: 80mm extension tube. Camera mount adapter: 2" adapter for Olympus OM (used with an OM-to-fourthirds adapter with AF-chip) from...
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    Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery!

    Scope: Celestron 80ED f7.5 600mm Camera: Olympus E-3 80mm extension tube Wagtail: iso 100 1/400s square crop (4:3 - to 3:3) Blackbird iso 100 1/500s square crop (4:3 - to 3:3) Nuthatch iso 400 1/250s square crop (4:3 - to 3:3) not sure, some yellow songbird of sorts iso 400 1/650s square...
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    At last....

    ....some sun and a LONG TAILED TIT!!! (in front of the camera, that is!! ;-) enjoy!
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    Some pics

    spring it's on it's way. So they say. here's som pics to keep us warm :-) (celestron 80ed at 600mm, oly e-500)
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    telescopic auto extension tube

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OLYMPUS-OM-TELESCOPIC-AUTO-EXTENSION-TUBE-65-116-/220715588159?pt=Lens_Accessories&hash=item3363ac9a3f would this one give you - fine adjusting - focus, like using normal camera lens? (helical?) I understand that one would have to use the side wheels to focus roughly, but...
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    Gimbal with astroscope

    Have been looking at gimbals, and have one question to those of you that use one with astroscope. How is balance affected while manual focusing? As I understand it, the gimbal functions with achieved balance. But the way an astroscope is focused - back and forth on it's rail - surely it must...
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    dslr to match a refractor

    whats needed and whats not? superduper fast AF? Noo... Multiple focus points etc? Noo... Good iso - and I mean not "iso 25000" etc, but GOOD iso, where the feather details remains. Yees... In body IS? perhaps...(we always shoot on tripods, but perhaps when scope is loose, IS works ok) Would...
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    celestron 80ed and olympus e-3

    so it finally arrived, and I took it for a test drive on a sunny saturday in Tyresö (castle) 20km south of stockholm. I must say that I am very very pleased. They are not perfect, but with more training, i'll probably get there with this set up. (and some luck/sun) nuthatch, iso 100 1/400th...
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