Minolta dimage (1 Viewer)

gizzagadget

Member

• Oct 16, 2006

• #1

Hi

any thoughts welcome.
Im keen to dip a tentative finger into digiscopingbut funds are tight, and I wonder if my existing kit can be used.

I have a picollo 60mm spotting scope, with 15-45mm eyepiece.
My camera is a very compact Minolta Dimage XL (4 megapixel).

apologies if these specific questions have already been covered elsewhere

 

Mickymouse

Ubuntu Linux user

• Oct 17, 2006

• #2

Have a go you have nothing to loose, I did my first few with a Minolta Dimage X20 and an Acuter scope, bit fiddly but it worked well enough to get me going here's an early example.

Mick

 

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gizzagadget

Member

• Oct 18, 2006

• #3

Mickymouse said:

Have a go you have nothing to loose, I did my first few with a Minolta Dimage X20 and an Acuter scope, bit fiddly but it worked well enough to get me going here's an early example.

Mick

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thanks for that Mick, I gave it a handheld try in the house by pointing at Jeremy Paxman on TV! and was surprised it worked. Ive now progressed to some handheld efforts at Hartlepool Headland on some great black backed gulls again they were viewable, but I will try the Baader microstage next hopefully to reduce camera shake.

 

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Neil

Well-known member

• Oct 24, 2006

• #4

Good luck with the experimenting. I'm looking forward to seeing the results. Neil.