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Attach Nikon D80 To Field Scope 3 60mm Angeld. (1 Viewer)

It will work, but not too fine. You need a lot of light to digiscope and you might not have enough with the 60 mm scope. You can try it by using a 50 mm lens on the D80 and just hold it up to the scope eyepiece ( put the whole setup on a table so both can be supported ). Neil.
 
i've tried attaching my D200 to my 82ED with an FSA-L1 adaptor. even with the 82mm objective lens, i find it very dark esp. when using the adaptor it gives you a largest aperture of f13 (or f11, i forgot but definitely less than f11). plus u'd not be able to use autofocus. and i find this particular troublesome. i've experimented with this setup shooting a stationary perching robin at eye level less than 5m away and it still ended up blurred.

it's a very difficult setup even for the 82ED. i bet it's worse using the fieldscope 3 with 60mm.
 
I would try what Neil suggested and use a lens through the eyepiece. If the 50mm is too dark then try a 35mm or 28mm. It wont give you the same reach as a 50mm but it should get you some respectable shutter speeds. I've got some pretty good photos using 28mm lenses as others have too.

Paul.
 
cbryan said:
i've tried attaching my D200 to my 82ED with an FSA-L1 adaptor. even with the 82mm objective lens, i find it very dark esp. when using the adaptor it gives you a largest aperture of f13 (or f11, i forgot but definitely less than f11). plus u'd not be able to use autofocus. and i find this particular troublesome. i've experimented with this setup shooting a stationary perching robin at eye level less than 5m away and it still ended up blurred.

it's a very difficult setup even for the 82ED. i bet it's worse using the fieldscope 3 with 60mm.
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An 80 mm scope is an f11/12 lens so viewfinder will be a bit dark. This is why this approach works best in bright conditions. My view is if you are going to have to manual focus in a dark viewfinder you could be better off with a fast digicam shooting Jpegs with AF. I'm am looking for a light digicam with low noise at high iso (like the Canon 350 ). The new Olympus 420 or the Nikon D60 might be worth trying out.
Neil.
 
Neil said:
It will work, but not too fine. You need a lot of light to digiscope and you might not have enough with the 60 mm scope. You can try it by using a 50 mm lens on the D80 and just hold it up to the scope eyepiece ( put the whole setup on a table so both can be supported ). Neil.
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i tried doing so with my 50mm f1.4 on my D200 and held against the 30x eyepiece. but the dslr was not able to get a focus. i wonder what went wrong.
 
cbryan said:
i tried doing so with my 50mm f1.4 on my D200 and held against the 30x eyepiece. but the dslr was not able to get a focus. i wonder what went wrong.
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There won't be enough light for the AF to work. You need to set the lens to manual focus. Neil.
 
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