Hello -
I am attempting to digiscope using my Pentax 65EDa scope and Panasonic LX2 camera.
I have a Pentax XW14 eyepiece on the scope, giving me 28x magnification. I've followed the directions which I found on a thread in this forum about the Leica D-Lux-3 camera (mechanically identical to my Panasonic), zooming in just until the '2x' readout appears in the camera viewfinder, and placing the camera lens as close to the scope eyepiece as I can get it without touching the glass (coincidentally, the front part of the LX2 lens just fits into the eyecup of the XW14 eyepiece, making handholding the camera quite easy).
There's no appreciable vignetting, and I'm able to set manual exposure quite accurately simply by judging the image on the LCD screen. However, I'm having trouble getting the focus completely sharp. Focus in my photos is almost there, perhaps marginally acceptable if viewed casually at small sizes, but definitely not as sharp as it should be. I'm shooting in bright daylight with apertures around f5.6 and shutter speeds around 1/400, so I don't think camera shake is the issue.
Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to focus my camera manually, or focus the scope using the camera LCD rather than my eye at the eyepiece? I actually tried to do the latter, but was having trouble judging critical focus on the camera LCD in bright daylight - and it SEEMED that I was coming up with the same focus point as I was by eye through the eyepiece...
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Zack
I am attempting to digiscope using my Pentax 65EDa scope and Panasonic LX2 camera.
I have a Pentax XW14 eyepiece on the scope, giving me 28x magnification. I've followed the directions which I found on a thread in this forum about the Leica D-Lux-3 camera (mechanically identical to my Panasonic), zooming in just until the '2x' readout appears in the camera viewfinder, and placing the camera lens as close to the scope eyepiece as I can get it without touching the glass (coincidentally, the front part of the LX2 lens just fits into the eyecup of the XW14 eyepiece, making handholding the camera quite easy).
There's no appreciable vignetting, and I'm able to set manual exposure quite accurately simply by judging the image on the LCD screen. However, I'm having trouble getting the focus completely sharp. Focus in my photos is almost there, perhaps marginally acceptable if viewed casually at small sizes, but definitely not as sharp as it should be. I'm shooting in bright daylight with apertures around f5.6 and shutter speeds around 1/400, so I don't think camera shake is the issue.
Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to focus my camera manually, or focus the scope using the camera LCD rather than my eye at the eyepiece? I actually tried to do the latter, but was having trouble judging critical focus on the camera LCD in bright daylight - and it SEEMED that I was coming up with the same focus point as I was by eye through the eyepiece...
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Zack