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Home made digiscoping setup (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Atricapilla
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Corax67
Well-known member
Wow Bob - looks great (is that a catapult handle I see?).
Very reminiscent of the old Zenith Photosniper setup where they mounted the camera & lens on a pistol grip stock.
I remember a neighbour in the 80's who was a plane fanatic taking shots from outside the barrier fencing @ Cardiff Airport with this rig - not something you could do today unless you fancied meeting an armed response unit ! ! !
Hope to some of your shots on the forum soon.
Very reminiscent of the old Zenith Photosniper setup where they mounted the camera & lens on a pistol grip stock.
I remember a neighbour in the 80's who was a plane fanatic taking shots from outside the barrier fencing @ Cardiff Airport with this rig - not something you could do today unless you fancied meeting an armed response unit ! ! !
Hope to some of your shots on the forum soon.
Atricapilla
Still Wandering
Hi Karl no I made it from aluminium rod and moulded plastic from any hardware store.
Dave Adshead
How much!
Bob,
It looks like Dan Dare's ray gun, its great.
Have you managed to get any images, if so, can we have a look?
Dave
It looks like Dan Dare's ray gun, its great.
Have you managed to get any images, if so, can we have a look?
Dave
Atricapilla
Still Wandering
Yes I put two on yesterday which I am now told are sp f cDave Adshead said:
BenBirding
Well-known member
Nice, Bob. That looks like a cool rig. Please post some of your images on this topic.
Very ingenious. You would find it better to use one of the new digicams as the AF on the CP4500 is a little slow to track fast action. Would you like to do this full-time as I would like something like this for my Olympus 7070wz using the IR Remote as a trigger. Good work,Neil.
Atricapilla
Still Wandering
Atricapilla
Still Wandering
Yes I know what you mean with the action shots Neil,full time -no I am enjoying myself too much over here in Turkey full time birding(great!)Neil said:
Dave Adshead
How much!
Bobbobwoodcock said:
Very good photographs.
Atricapilla
Still Wandering
Thanks Dave,I keep trying but I am finding that the 20x eyepiece gives better results than the 32x I wonder if anybody else finds this also?Dave Adshead said:
Atricapilla
Still Wandering
Thanks Neil,I use a Manfrotto 190 tripod (rebadged for Swarovski)do you think its sufficient for a Leica APO 77
Your (rebadged) Manfrotto 190 legs and 128 head shoudl have no problems supporting your APO77.
If stability becomes an issue when taking photos you can always set your tripod lower, or spread the legs more, both of these will help with the stability.
If stability becomes an issue when taking photos you can always set your tripod lower, or spread the legs more, both of these will help with the stability.
Atricapilla
Still Wandering
Thanks PCV I did'nt think of that being a relative novice.postcardcv said:
bobwoodcock said:
Novice or otherwise, those shots of the little stint you posted in another thread today are excellent.
bobwoodcock said:
Bob,
I have a couple of Manfrotto 3221s which were ok if not fully extended but I'm not sure about the 190. Most tripods would be ok at the lowest setting but if you want to digiscope standing up then it's a different story. Extend the tripod with the scope/lens on it bump it a little and see what happens. It should be rock solid. I read somewhere that it takens about 10 secs for the tripod to stop vibrating after being touched which is too long for digiscoping. If you photograph in a wooden hide with others around then it's almost impossible to avoid vibration. I use an IR Remote most of the time. Have a look at what surveyors use . They know. I have one of those wooden tripods and it's as solid as a rock but a bit heavy to carry around all day. Neil.
Atricapilla
Still Wandering
Thanks to everyone for all the advice and positive commentsNeil said:
