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Nikon P6000 /KOWA 883 Prominar (1 Viewer)

tittletattler said:
Vignetting - Couple of points: There can't be too many ocassions when you wouldn't use most, if not all, of the optical zoom on the camera.
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To be honest Andy, the picture quality is likely to be better the lower the camera zoom and the lower the scope zoom. As either (or both) increase, any problems are magnified. I try to keep both as low as possible, but agree, I tend to get better results zooming the camera rather than the scope, which I mostly use at 20x.

Cheers

Pete
 
Great shots

petemorris said:
Tried the camera again ....... Poor light and against a white background (sky), I think the camera's done a pretty decent job.

Cheers

Pete
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Fantastic images Pete. What great metering....and focus.....you can even see detail in the white coverts as well as in the darker areas of the bird. And all this against a bright background.
 
Vibration, zoom and dangly bits!! The biggest problems!

tittletattler said:
Vignetting - Couple of points: There can't be too many ocassions when you wouldn't use most, if not all, of the optical zoom on the camera.......

Cheers,

Andy.
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There may be occasions when you need the high zoom on the camera e.g. for very distant birds but generally, the lower the mag of the eyepice and the lower the mag of the camera the better the image will be. This is mostly because of shake being magnified by the scope and then even more by the camera. It is also easier to get a good shutter speed, better focus and to follow a moving bird with lower mags.

The biggest ways to improve most digiscoping set ups is to get rid of straps, cases and dangly bits which are wind socks to vibration. The bigger and heavier the tripod head and legs the better!

Dave
 
P6000 macro.
As an aside, can anyone comment on the Macro performance of the P6000. The 4500 had an excellent macro, with manual focus being especially useful for damselflies. Does the P6000 match or improve on this?
 
It's been a while since this thread was alive, but just to show what a good combination these two are, here's a few shots from my recent trips. If used well (i.e. a good stable set up, keep the ISO as low as possible etc), great results are possible, and on many occasions, the digiscoped shots out-perform those taken with my Canon 40d and 100-400is lens by some margin, and not just due to the extra power of the digiscoping combo.

Cheers

Pete :t:
 

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Wow, those are really good ones. No. 1 is my favourite.
I'm using same setup (P6000 + Kowa 883) and my latest is this Lanius collurio juv. I use 25x LER eyepice almost 99 % of time.
I have few others in Nikon Coolpix P6000 topic.
 

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petemorris said:
It's been a while since this thread was alive, but just to show what a good combination these two are, here's a few shots from my recent trips. If used well (i.e. a good stable set up, keep the ISO as low as possible etc), great results are possible, and on many occasions, the digiscoped shots out-perform those taken with my Canon 40d and 100-400is lens by some margin, and not just due to the extra power of the digiscoping combo.
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Outstanding shots Pete. I am very impressed!

Dave
 
Bizarrely, the one (sort of) problem that I have is the camera picks up too much detail - more than the eye notices, so that you are seeing each filament of each feather and it looks unnatural! I suppose it's a good problem to have. See the attached Tawny Antpitta and the closer crop below.

Cheers

Pete
 

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petemorris said:
It's been a while since this thread was alive, but just to show what a good combination these two are, here's a few shots from my recent trips. If used well (i.e. a good stable set up, keep the ISO as low as possible etc), great results are possible, and on many occasions, the digiscoped shots out-perform those taken with my Canon 40d and 100-400is lens by some margin, and not just due to the extra power of the digiscoping combo.

Cheers

Pete :t:
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Very impressive images Pete. What a wonderful range of birds.
Neil
 
Back to the original comment regarding adapters. My son Paul uses Kowa's swing away adapter on his 883 and it is very good albeit pricey. Have to say it looks a lot more compact on the scope than that combo in the thumbnail.
 
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