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  1. trco

    Looks Like It Could Be A Killer!

    Any news yet? Did someone tried it? ;) It looks like we have first results. Also the adapter is available. Sony RX100 Digiscoping - Google translate
  2. trco

    Advantages and disadvantages of digiscoping.

    OK, I believe I understand it this time :) If I have crop camera like EOS 50d and FF camera like EOS 5D and if I put 500 mm lens on both of them then I get larger image on 5D. Then I can crop image to 15mpix and get roughly same image hipoteticaly. But, if I have crop camera like Nikon D300...
  3. trco

    Advantages and disadvantages of digiscoping.

    I'm getting confused :-C :-C:-C
  4. trco

    Advantages and disadvantages of digiscoping.

    Ohhh, I understand now - thanks for that and for link. Looks like I was wrong whole time :) Well, no more :)
  5. trco

    Advantages and disadvantages of digiscoping.

    I understand that, you get virtually bigger bird on smaller sensor - so if you have Nikon D700 with 12mpix and crop camera with 12mpix?!
  6. trco

    Advantages and disadvantages of digiscoping.

    ... but the effect is same :)
  7. trco

    Need some definitive answers

    I think video heads are the best for digiscoping setup - quick and easy handling. What digiscopers use most is Manfrotto 501HDV video head as RJM suggested. I'm using smaller and lighter version of this head which is Manfrotto 701 HDV. As I want light setup I also use Velbon Sherpa 645 carbon...
  8. trco

    Digiscoper of the Year 2009

    I made it to 13th place with my Edible frog :D
  9. trco

    Advantages and disadvantages of digiscoping.

    That is why digiscoping is still very interisting and widely used. If you start from scratch digiscoping setup costs "only" about 3,000 EUR - and that is top digiscoping setup.
  10. trco

    Advantages and disadvantages of digiscoping.

    If you have crop camera and Canon or Nikon 600mm lens and you add in 2x and 1,5x teleconverters you get 1.6 x 600 x 2 x 1.5 = 2880 mm - no autofocus - use of tripod - very bad aperture In this range digiscoping is better, but if you go only to about 1000mm (600mm lens with crop camera and...
  11. trco

    Digiscoping settings for P6000

    Green macro mode works for me best too. I hardly use any other option - ass Bill said, none of the options won't eliminate scope focusing.
  12. trco

    Hoodman or other?

    I'm reading same excelent reviews about hoodman loupe magnifier so naturally I have few questions. Well, only one :D - do you use hoodman only in manual focus mode? Beacuse I don't see any advantages in autofocus mode - camera don't relly on LCD screen for focusing. So I'm wondering how do you...
  13. trco

    Panasonic Lumix G1 at last - what a gem for digiscoping

    I had little pratice today at bird feeder. Not enough time to stay long, so only one of few keepers. It is very hard to manual focus and get spot on sharpnes. Luckily G1 have nice zoom for focusing. Kowa Prominar TSN-883 + Kowa TSN-PZ + Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 + cable remote Little sharpening...
  14. trco

    Digiscoping settings for P6000

    I forgot about exposure - Bosque Bill is right -I usually underexpose too. Usually -0.3 to -0.7 but sometimes as much as -1.3 in harsh light or if I want special effect like silhouette. @Bosque Bill - very nice images at your webpage. Do you use Hoodman HoodLoupe 3.0 only for manual focus?
  15. trco

    Panasonic Lumix G1 at last - what a gem for digiscoping

    Nice sets of images. I will try to get some miles on G1 at christmas time - bird feeder should be very good for practice
  16. trco

    Who needs a scope?

    fijuuuuuu - this is enormous :) you need only 2 people to lift it Luckily I have my digiscoping setup with Kowa 883 and Coolpix p6000/Panasonic G1 - it weights only about 2 kg :D
  17. trco

    Heron strike

    Dale, thank you for the compliment - I really appreciate it.
  18. trco

    Heron strike

    Quite common behaviour in shalow water. Very well captured.
  19. trco

    Digiscoping settings for P6000

    Normally I use this setup ISO 64-100 (rarely 200) JPEG (RAW is too slow, but I use it ocasionally if the bird is still) Matrix metering lowest aperture number max. half of the optical zoom Macro mode ON VR reduction OFF I use nothing like in camera sharpening, noise reduction or saturation -...
  20. trco

    About to purchase..... but

    I thinkt that forces on the lens are smaller on angled version of the scope. Gravity? But the G1 is very light so I think that shouldn't be a problem. I have angled 883 with G1 and P6000 - no problem with either.
  21. trco

    Digiscoping, but how...?

    Digiscoping with compact camera (P6000) gets better result for new digiscopists. You have auto focus, setup is usualy lighter. You have to manual focus with d60 but you can take photos at higher ISOs. I use both setups but I found that I normaly use my P6000. Hope this helps, but if you have...
  22. trco

    Kowa 883 and Lumix G1

    I got same question over PM so I'm just pasting the answer.
  23. trco

    Kowa 883 and Lumix G1

    Hi! I tried it with Kowa 25x LER and kit lens. No vigneting around 18-30 mm. Severe vigneting on 20-60x zoom. I tried also with t2 mount without lens or eyepiece - kowa adapter for DSLR - got some nice results with this (in body stabilisation would be nice in this case) - focal range is between...
  24. trco

    Kowa 883 and Lumix G1

    I have Kowa 883 and G1. What info do you need?
  25. Eurasian Curlew

    Eurasian Curlew

    Digiscoping method
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