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Celestron Regal M2 100 w/Lightdow sports cam (1 Viewer)

karjak

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I have been curious in using a small action cam in conjunction with Spotting Scope. I was recently able to acquire a broken Celestron Regal which has ED glass to get a brighter image with truer colors. It is amazing how bright and clear the image is when viewing through this scope. The repair I made is not pretty, scope no longer waterproof or fogproof but is functional.

The action camera can record in what is called interpolated 4K at 24fps. The problem of course is the amount of vignetting I get with the small acion camera. I use the digital zoom to reduce but of course that degrades the image quality. I can further reduce vignetting using Handbrake to crop and then changing video to HD 1080P. Here is my first short YouTube video using this combination:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53s1HK8he5I

Here is a still frame picture taken from a video using this combination:
 

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