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Hand-held digiscoping by Canon 1D MarkIV and Kowa lens/scope (1 Viewer)

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Actually it 's just like a manual lens.
And I will add a sigma 1.4X in it.
Kowa len's/scope is both a great scope and a lens.
It has very high resolution and sharp image.The CA correction abillity of this scope is even better than the SWARO STX95. But STX95 is brighter and have better color performance.
1d Mark IV is a good camara and combine with a sigma 1.4X and the scope,you can easily hand-held and get quality image.
 

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I 'll show some of the combintion image of the camara and the scope.
 

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Seems that it is capable of delivering excellent results.

May I ask about the specification of the optics (F number and focal length) as well as a ballpark figure for its weight?
 
Seems that it is capable of delivering excellent results.

May I ask about the specification of the optics (F number and focal length) as well as a ballpark figure for its weight?

Hi,Tord.
The F number is 700MM F8,the weight of the whole system is nearly 4.5 KG.
 
Actually it 's just like a manual lens.
And I will add a sigma 1.4X in it.
Kowa len's/scope is both a great scope and a lens.
It has very high resolution and sharp image.The CA correction abillity of this scope is even better than the SWARO STX95. But STX95 is brighter and have better color performance.
1d Mark IV is a good camara and combine with a sigma 1.4X and the scope,you can easily hand-held and get quality image.

Very nice results with the Kowa lens/scope. Well done.
Neil.
 
Hi,Tord.
The F number is 700MM F8,the weight of the whole system is nearly 4.5 KG.
Thanks, I guess that with "system" you mean lens and body?

If so it's about 1.5/2 kg lighter compared to my TS102APO scope (102mm diameter/F6.8) depending on if I use m4/3 or 4/3 body.

I would not be able to use my setup handheld without any form of support.
 
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