Newton Stringer
Well-known member
Hi all :hi:
I'm a newbie and looking for your expert digiscoping advice please.....
I am looking to buy some kit for digiscoping. I don't want to get bogged down with technology and heavy kit, so I am looking for a small compact type digital camera and mount to fit my leica apo 62 scope.
Trouble is there's so many cameras and adaptors and I don't know where to start.... I've got a mate who sold on his old coolpix and replaced it with a contax u4r, he raves about this camera and says it works really well, but they're no longer available....
So what I need is a compact camera and mount, which is simple to use.... I'd like it to be capable of taking at least a couple or three shots per second without frustrating shutter lag (that my mates old coolpix had). Maybe a remote control for taking shots is needed too to prevent camera shake too ??
I'm guessing the ability to make some adjustments is good, but I don't want something with a million settings to confuse me !! I also want to use the camera for pics of birds in the hand when I'm ringing so a macro setting is required (do they all have this anyway ?).
Has anyone got a leica 62 with a compact digiscoping set up that works really well ? Any advice or recommendations would be very welcome,
Thanks
G
I'm a newbie and looking for your expert digiscoping advice please.....
I am looking to buy some kit for digiscoping. I don't want to get bogged down with technology and heavy kit, so I am looking for a small compact type digital camera and mount to fit my leica apo 62 scope.
Trouble is there's so many cameras and adaptors and I don't know where to start.... I've got a mate who sold on his old coolpix and replaced it with a contax u4r, he raves about this camera and says it works really well, but they're no longer available....
So what I need is a compact camera and mount, which is simple to use.... I'd like it to be capable of taking at least a couple or three shots per second without frustrating shutter lag (that my mates old coolpix had). Maybe a remote control for taking shots is needed too to prevent camera shake too ??
I'm guessing the ability to make some adjustments is good, but I don't want something with a million settings to confuse me !! I also want to use the camera for pics of birds in the hand when I'm ringing so a macro setting is required (do they all have this anyway ?).
Has anyone got a leica 62 with a compact digiscoping set up that works really well ? Any advice or recommendations would be very welcome,
Thanks
G