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    Digiscoping with multi-lens phone

    You probably require and App so you can manually control which lens your camera uses, such as: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonescope.camera&hl=en_ZA I use https://www.procamapp.com for my iPhone X
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    What do you have your Razor HD 20-60x85mm on top of?

    Scope mounted on Manfrotto 055CXV3 tripod and 701HDV head.
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    ID please Cape Town - South Africa

    Body:
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    ID please Cape Town - South Africa

    Head and tail:
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    ID please Cape Town - South Africa

    I managed to get some closer pics yesterday afternoon. In flight and overview:
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    ID please Cape Town - South Africa

    The local consensus (I have been in email contact with a few local experts) seems to be that it is a Long Crested Eagle and possibly recently escaped from http://www.worldofbirds.org.za/index.php. The Long Crested Eagle that they lost recently had arrived with them in a damaged condition. I took...
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    ID please Cape Town - South Africa

    A local expert just emailed me the following response after the photos were email to him: Thanks guys.
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    ID please Cape Town - South Africa

    I would say not as the bill on my bird is long and thin.
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    ID please Cape Town - South Africa

    Hi I can't work out what this is, I have seen this bird a couple of times in the last week in Camps Bay, Cape Town. The water in the background is the Atlantic Ocean. Today is the first time I managed to get a few pictures, sorry they are not great the light was not good, very overcast and...
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    Which Camera for Vortex Razor HD & Vortex DCA?

    Ok i have experimented a bit with the above combination and sad to report back the LX5 does not work at all well with this scope and attachments.
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    Which Camera for Vortex Razor HD & Vortex DCA?

    Hi Birder100 I did get the following: Vortex Razor HD 20-60x85 Spotting Scope Vortex Razor HD Digital Camera Adapter - DCA Vortex Point-n-Shoot Attachment for Razor and Viper Digital Camera Adapters - DCA-VT-PS-100 Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 Digital Camera I am very happy with the camera as a...
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    Which Camera for Vortex Razor HD & Vortex DCA?

    Gene, thanks again for your advice. I am strongly considering purchasing this scope and a number of accessories : Vortex Razor HD 20-60x85 Spotting Scope Vortex Razor HD Digital Camera Adapter - DCA Vortex Point-n-Shoot Attachment for Razor and Viper Digital Camera Adapters - DCA-VT-PS-100...
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    Which Camera for Vortex Razor HD & Vortex DCA?

    Smithhill - I have not bought anything yet but the Vortex Razor HD comes with a 20x - 60x zoom eyepiece. Kyakman - big thanks for the heads up on that Vortex PS-100 maybe this will work as I have now read in another post that the standard and 3rd party lens adaptor/conversion lens adapter for...
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    Which Camera for Vortex Razor HD & Vortex DCA?

    Ah I see that one can use an accessory lens adaptor/conversion lens adapter. Now I am thinking that the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 may be a good option?
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    Which Camera for Vortex Razor HD & Vortex DCA?

    Hi all. I am thinking of getting a Vortex Razor HD scope and Vortex DCA but do not know what camera would go well with this. I would prefer the smaller P&S format rather than an DSLR but cannot seem to find anything with a filter thread that seems to be required for the connection to the DCA...
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