Benderloch said:Thanks to John, David and Neil for many useful comments on digiscoping and cameras. At 54 yrs of age, maybe life is too short to struggle with the wrong equipment and I should get an F30 before I go to Algarve next month! One question though - when zooming, does the external length of the lens change? If so, I wonder how I would manage with my Swaro AT80 and the Swaro swing up bracket? If the lens shortens and lengthens I imagine there would be problems with stray light getting in at certain zoom settings and I would have to screw out the eye relief cup on the scope to prevent this. Then I'd have to screw it down to swing the camera out of the way. I have a Fuji F440 (4 Mp) but this suffers from vignetting just the same as my Olympus!!! Will the F30 be better????
Some months ago I posted that I was trying a portable DVD player as an aid to framing and focussing. Well.....the screen on the player died and I got my money back. Re-investing in a better camera now seems like the best option!
Neil said:I have not noticed stray light being a problem with little digicams on universal adapters but I rarely set up in the sun as seeing the screen for focusing is much more of a problem.
The F30 lens has hardly any vignetting at wide zoom 8 mm (see attached )and it disappears about 11 mm. The lens doesn't move very much when zooming so you should be able to set it up easily. Neil.
erniehatt said:My! I thought 3X zoom cameras had no vignetting, what a let down. Ernie
erniehatt said:My! I thought 3X zoom cameras had no vignetting, what a let down. Ernie
Feathered one said:Have been thinking how I can adapt the tripod or monopod, to be able to use for digiscoping, while sat in the car. I can foresee lots of missed chances of pictures if I cant use it from the car.
I know you can get clamps that fit on the window, but being in a hire car, I do not want to chance breaking the window glass. Could be very easy to operate the electric window by mistake etc.
Malc
Neil said:I think from memory the Scopetronix EZ-Pix 1 doesn't all0w the F30 to get as close to the eyepiece as the SRB-Griturn adapter so it possibly would eliminate the vignetting too. I hope to replace my deceased F30 soon and I'll test it out on that adapter. Neil.