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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Erik, Isn't the Internet wonderful. You're on your way. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Erik, The main problem with using the P6000 and adapters on the DCA is that you have to zoom the camera lens too far to eliminate the vignetting, especially with a zoom eyepiece. From my experience the AF gets a little "unreliable" over 60% zoom so I often switch to Manual Focusing using...
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    I use a third party 52mm adapter for the P6000 like this http://www.dinodirect.com/52mm-Digital-Camera-Lens-Filter-Adapter-Tube-for-Nikon-P6000.html Do you have the M52mm ? If you don't let me know as I many have a spare M37. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    There doesn't seem to be an obvious replacement for the P6000 yet but I'm sure there will be one soon as Nikon have a long history of quality "digiscoping friendly " camera for over 10 years. Having a look at the current lineup I found this...
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Craig, The UR-E21 has a 43 mm thread and third party adapters have 52 mm threads. You could try a step-down ring from 43 to 28 mm if you don't want to get another adapter. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    David, The ED lens will give you better images in poor light over the P5100 and the IR Remote does help to. Neil
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    This are good results and one of the ways I like to digiscope. You can be much more unintrusive digiscoping than setting up at 500/600 plus 1.4x tele and DSLR. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Here are a couple more from the park today with the P6000. Neil. ps I couldn't help myself and posted three in the Gallery too. Nikon P6000 and Swarovski STS80HD scope and Sw 25-50x eyepiece and UCA adapter and Telescope Rail Kowloon Park, Hong Kong, China. Sept 2009
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Dave, Sorry to be a bit late on this one. The Histogram only seems to appear after photo taken when you review. If you hit the Display button on the back of camera ( top right ) it appears. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Michael, You are right. Closer is better. I like to digiscope in the 10-20 meter range but at Mai Po I'm usually in the 20-80 meter range. As has been mentioned before a longer eyepiece and shorter camera zoom also makes a big difference. Last but not least is time of day and air...
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Dave, I did use fill flash on camera on some hummingbirds at about 6 meters. Works ok if you understate it. I only shoot Raw when I have enough time as the 5 seconds seems much longer. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    With V1.2 the Remote Setting does stay on when the camera is switched Off and On. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Back to the park today to find that the water had been drained yesterday and they were filling it again. Nice to see starlings again at the water as I hadn't seen them the last couple of times . Neil Nikon P6000 plus Swarovski STS80HD scope and Sw30x eyepiece and DCA adapter and Telescope...
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Nice results Malc. I like the teeth remote. Well done. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    The A590IS and the Nikon P5100 work very well with the DCA and zooms , with the A590 having the wider range of unvignetted views but the Nikon having the better screen and sharper lens. Also cameras with short , fast lenses can do a good job too eg Panasonic LX3 and Ricoh GX 100 or 200 . Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    The 17 mm of Eye Relief of the new zoom results in more vignetting than with the 30x (20 mm ) and 45x ( 18 mm ). You can still get good results but you won't be able to use the "sweet spot" at 43 mm. Swarovski sent me the new zoom, UCA and Telescope Rail for testing. The advantage of the UCA...
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    High contrast digiscoping I don't normally do any digiscoping through the heat of the day here in summer ( we are on track for the third hottest August on record here ) but yesterday Bob and I spent about 7 hours in the park digiscoping night herons. By midday the contrast was very high but we...
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Jerry, I'm not surprised your pleased with these. I'm looking forward to the southward migration here so we start to see some birds again. I would love to have the Zeiss 85 or Kowa 88 to play with too. More light and more resolution is always nice. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    We are going to see some very good small cameras coming out to compete with the Olympus Pen EP 1. I hope Nikon comes out with something soon. My next investment though will be fixed lens for the G1. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Although I'm in love with the Panasonic G1 I still haven't got the perfect lens for it so I'm still using the P6000 whose lens and AF always impress me. Here are a few images from around the usual traps using the new Swarovski 25-50 zoom. The last night-heron image was taken at about 60 metres...
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Bughunter, Unfortunately the Self-timer is a oncer but from memory the Remote will stay in Remote. Go to Self-timer and scroll down to a symbol that looks like a microphone ( or a remote ) and select it. It should stay in this mode until you change it. You may be able to SAVE this...
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    I didn't get the P6000 for the GPS but it's there and works. If you are travelling in remote areas it could be useful. More importantly is the ED lens,Raw , wide lens and Remote Control. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Now that I have the new Swarovski zoom eyepiece and the UCA (universal type adapter ) I've been having fun with the P6000 ( the G1 and kit zoom don't work to well with zooms ) again. Here are a few images from today with this new setup. Neil. Nikon P6000 plus Swarovski STS80HD scope and 25-50x...
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    Horukuru, No, I didn't have the Remote when I took the photos. Neil.
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    Digiscoping with the Nikon P6000

    I've been in the local park for the last couple of weeks photographing bitterns and waterlilies. I finally got around to using the P6000 in the last couple of days and here are a few images taken with the 30x eyepiece. Neil. ps distance was 7 - 35 metres Nikon P6000 plus Swarovski STS80HD...
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