Andy Holt
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I've just taken my first shots with the Kyocera 4mp version of the Contax SL300RT that Andy has been testing. I purchased the camera from Pixmania for just under £300 with a 256mb SD card (although it's not a high speed card, so I get a bit of buffering).
I'm going out today to try and use it more, but my first impressions are that this is a super convenient, low cost, high performing winner for digiscoping.
One major issue with the Kyocera was that it doesn't ship with the 28mm thread adapter that the Contax has. I phoned Kyocera UK and they sent me one for free, but I don't know whether this will be an ongoing thing if they get besieged by Digiscopers asking for adapters.
The Blackbird was taken using my Eagle Eye adapter, but no cable release meant I had to release the shuter manually. The sparrow was taken with the camera hand held (the 28mm adapter serves to assist in lining up the camera with the scope very nicely.
I'll have a lot more to say about this camera, but for now I'm off out to try it again.
I'm going out today to try and use it more, but my first impressions are that this is a super convenient, low cost, high performing winner for digiscoping.
One major issue with the Kyocera was that it doesn't ship with the 28mm thread adapter that the Contax has. I phoned Kyocera UK and they sent me one for free, but I don't know whether this will be an ongoing thing if they get besieged by Digiscopers asking for adapters.
The Blackbird was taken using my Eagle Eye adapter, but no cable release meant I had to release the shuter manually. The sparrow was taken with the camera hand held (the 28mm adapter serves to assist in lining up the camera with the scope very nicely.
I'll have a lot more to say about this camera, but for now I'm off out to try it again.