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Digiscoping with the Nikon V1 (1 Viewer)

aostling said:
Beware, indeed. I bought a dumb adapter for mounting Minolta MD lenses. I have described the experience here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1058&thread=41671824

I can possibly live with no metering, but it is impossible to focus manually without viewfinder magnification.
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Allan,
I have the same problem with the "dumb" adapter I bought in Shanghai for the Leica M lenses to the V1. No MF viewfinder enhancement makes it almost impossible to use.
I'll have to find a Nikon to Leica M adapter to fit to the FT1, if there is such a thing.
Neil
 
I headed out early yesterday with the V1 on the Kowa scope and was lucky to come across a pond draindown at the wetlands and I was the first one there (6.15 am). I shot a lot of images and a short video https://vimeo.com/46083950
As I've mentioned before I like the one click from stills to video mode on the V1 with separate settings. I do have to switch to jpeg only though as Raw processing takes too long after a lot of stills, although you can keep shooting stills.
I was mostly shooting around iso 800.
Neil

Nikon V1 and 30 - 110 zoom lens and Kowa Lens/scope and Kowa VA3 (video adapter)
Mai Po Nature Reserve,
Hong Kong,China.
July 2012
 

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Digiscoping with the V1

Hi there,

My first post on this forum. I'm a bit confused with the mechanics of using the Nikon V1 with my present digiscoping set up. I have a Nikon ED 78A scope and the eyepiece is Nikon's x30 wide angle MC (I use the Nikon P6000 with a SRB Griturn sleeve). I have contacted SRb Griturn and they say all I need to be up and running with the V1 is their DSLR T2 Mount adapter (with eyepiece sleeve) to connect the camera to the scope. They also said that I don't need a camera lens fitted in the system. Does this seem right and is it worth me changing from the P6000 to the V1 - will I have to learn a whole new set of methods and techniques to be successful.

Any help will be kindly appreciated.

Jon T
 
You can use the V1 in several ways.
1. Use the original lens (10-30 or 30-110) with a ring adapter in front of your scope EP.
2. Use the SLR adapter of the scope, no EP, no lens. You have to use the FT1. You'll obtain about 2700mm (~1000mm of the SLR adapter x 2.7).
3. Use the V1 + FT1 + a 50mm/1.8 lens (or 35mm) in front of your EP with the appropriate rings and adapters.
 
yossi said:
You can use the V1 in several ways.
1. Use the original lens (10-30 or 30-110) with a ring adapter in front of your scope EP.
2. Use the SLR adapter of the scope, no EP, no lens. You have to use the FT1. You'll obtain about 2700mm (~1000mm of the SLR adapter x 2.7).
3. Use the V1 + FT1 + a 50mm/1.8 lens (or 35mm) in front of your EP with the appropriate rings and adapters.
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Has anyone been able to source a t-adapter to 40.5mm in the US? I'd like to connect directly from my Celestron Ultima 80 20-60x eyepiece (which I understand is T42) to my 10-30 or 30-110 (40.5mm).

I have found a "40.5mm-T T2 mount(42mm Pitch 0.75) Step Up Ring Adapter" on a popular auction site as well as a 52mm to T-mount (for, say a Nikon 50mm 1.4) on a popular NYC camera store's site. The former is $9 and the latter $24.

That said, maybe I should be going for a home-built tube instead of a ring-based connector? I've got kids to feed so the DCA isn't an option. ;)
 
Dean Peach said:
Has anyone tried a V1 with a Swaro TLS APO?
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I believe Mike McDowell is now using that combination. Check this web page:
http://birddigiscoper.blogspot.com/2012/09/first-atx-images.html#.UGkiHVKNN8E

Also, a long long time ago on this thread (back in March), I announced I would get an Olympus OM-D instead of the Nikon V1. I did get the Olympus OM-D back at the end of April. My first efforts to disgiscope with the kit 14-42mm lens were not super encouraging, but I just got the TLS-APO and that is working much better. I just posted a big report about it in the "Digiscoping Adapters" forum. I'm not getting the greatest results yet but that is probably at least in part due to my lack of skill.

--Dave
 
Here is a system diagram, outlining the usage of the new adapters. The DSA-N1 allows attachment of the camera body to the EDG Fieldscope eyepiece without using a camera lens. It fools the camera into thinking a lens is attached, enabling all camera operations which would otherwise be blocked.

I'm not about to buy an EDG Fieldscope. Do you think the DSA-N1 might work with other scopes and eyepieces? If so, would there be any advantage in eliminating the camera lens?


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aostling said:
Here is a system diagram, outlining the usage of the new adapters. The DSA-N1 allows attachment of the camera body to the EDG Fieldscope eyepiece without using a camera lens. It fools the camera into thinking a lens is attached, enabling all camera operations which would otherwise be blocked.

I'm not about to buy an EDG Fieldscope. Do you think the DSA-N1 might work with other scopes and eyepieces? If so, would there be any advantage in eliminating the camera lens?

I hope someone could try it out.
I'm using Swarovski adapters (UCA,DCA) on the Kowa eyepieces and Kowa eyepieces on Swarovski scopes. You never know your luck.
Neil.
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Neil, I have a third-party adapter that converts the Kowa 88x/77x series eyepieces into the Nikon DS standard. The DSA-N1 should work with it. So the Kowa 30x Wide eyepiece ought to give us ~1500mm at F6 on the 88mm scopes. If it could work with the 20-60x zoom too that would be awesome. Unfortunately not in the new camera mode now. Actually want to sell of some of my stuff!
 
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Neil,

Do you think the V1 and 10-30mm lens would fit on the Vortex PS-100 adapter? I've tried this with the GH1 and it's too big. The V1 looks smaller and like it might fit on the PS-100. I think this way I could get the V1 closer to the 20-60X Vortex Razor HD zoom eyepiece and eliminate vignetting at a lower fl on the camera lens.
 
bluedubius said:
Neil,

Do you think the V1 and 10-30mm lens would fit on the Vortex PS-100 adapter? I've tried this with the GH1 and it's too big. The V1 looks smaller and like it might fit on the PS-100. I think this way I could get the V1 closer to the 20-60X Vortex Razor HD zoom eyepiece and eliminate vignetting at a lower fl on the camera lens.
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I'm not at home for the next two weeks so I can't test this out but I suspect not. The newer 11-27.5 zoom is smaller so might work. I'll try and remember to try it when I'm back in HK.
Neil.
 
Thanks guys. I have the V1 now myself and it you're right, it won't fit. Tried to delete the post, but after so long I guess they remove this option. Cheers.
 
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