DDolan1075
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I just bought a Nikon P5000, FSB-6, and the 16x24x30x eyepiece to go with my Nikon ED82. I was really psyched about getting to take advantage of my scopes glass. I am trying to get more reach than I get with my Sigma 150-500 and D90, and I had all sorts of problems. I went out yesterday to give it a try and only got 1 semidecent shot of a laughing gull very close up. I am at work right now, so can't post pictures.
First, I can't see the image on my monitor to know if I have everything square and in focus, the screen is too dark. It is not dark outside and so I am assuming that the camera is closing the aperture to decrease the light? The problem is that I am shooting blind!
Second,the quality of the pictures was not good at all. I am hoping that is related to my shooting blindly. A couple of things of note: It has been rainy. I changed from 64 ISO to 400 to allow faster shutter speed, shooting A mode. 400 ISO on my D90 is not a problem, is it a problem on the P&S cameras?
Is there a way to brighten the image on the camera to see what I am shooting? What settings are best for this setup? My FSB-6 came with instructions for setup, but it seems that it slows down the shutter speed tremendously.
I know that I have a lot of questions, and I am looking into taking a class on digiscoping at the next bird festival I go to next month, but it seems that this is not as easy as it should be for me to pick up.
First, I can't see the image on my monitor to know if I have everything square and in focus, the screen is too dark. It is not dark outside and so I am assuming that the camera is closing the aperture to decrease the light? The problem is that I am shooting blind!
Second,the quality of the pictures was not good at all. I am hoping that is related to my shooting blindly. A couple of things of note: It has been rainy. I changed from 64 ISO to 400 to allow faster shutter speed, shooting A mode. 400 ISO on my D90 is not a problem, is it a problem on the P&S cameras?
Is there a way to brighten the image on the camera to see what I am shooting? What settings are best for this setup? My FSB-6 came with instructions for setup, but it seems that it slows down the shutter speed tremendously.
I know that I have a lot of questions, and I am looking into taking a class on digiscoping at the next bird festival I go to next month, but it seems that this is not as easy as it should be for me to pick up.