Camera phones (1 Viewer)

geoffw1946

Well-known member

• Jul 23, 2004

• #1

Hi, can anyone tell me if camera phones can be used for bird photography via a telescope and whats the best. I'm thinking of getting a Nokia 3200.
Geoff

 

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benji

Guest

• Jul 23, 2004

• #2

A.Geoff William said:

Hi, can anyone tell me if camera phones can be used for bird photography via a telescope and whats the best. I'm thinking of getting a Nokia 3200.
Geoff

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I'd guess they would not be OK - what would be good is a phone to take a compact flash card

 

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mountain man

Guest

• Jul 23, 2004

• #3

Hi Geoff,

They are now being used - PhoneScoping it is called!

Not sure about models, but a good bird (can't remember what) was recently identified by a phone scoped pic sent to a county recorder!

Tom.

 

IanF

Moderator

• Jul 23, 2004

• #4

There you go - at last that is what I think this is using the Sony-Ericsson P900 with Swaro ATS65 - though something could have been lost in the translation.

http://www.dof.dk/01_organisation/fif/phone_scoping.html

and some demo shots.

http://www.dof.dk/01_organisation/fif/phono_scoping_pics.html

Isn't Google wonderful

 

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benji

Guest

• Jul 23, 2004

• #5

BrianB said:

Would you need a CF card? You could send each one to your PC as you take it

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I imagined taking with a better camera and then popping the card from camera to phone.

 

geoffw1946

Well-known member

• Jul 23, 2004

• #6

Phone-scoping

IanF said:

There you go - at last that is what I think this is using the Sony-Ericsson P900 with Swaro ATS65 - though something could have been lost in the translation.

http://www.dof.dk/01_organisation/fif/phone_scoping.html

and some demo shots.

http://www.dof.dk/01_organisation/fif/phono_scoping_pics.html

Isn't Google wonderful

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Thanks for the info.
Geoff

 

christineredgate

Winner of the Copeland Wildlife Photographer of th

• Jul 23, 2004

• #7

Looking at those photos,although 2 yrs ago,such a thing would not have been possible,the camera mentioned by Andy,the Contax 300,weighs much less than a phone,takes up less room in ones pocket(I would think),and can be held to the eyepiece of scope or bins,and ,I would think would take a clearer picture.Would it not be a drain on the phone,s battery?.

 

mickporter

Oswaldtwistle birder

• Aug 7, 2004

• #8

I don't know about other makes but Nokia phones take multi-media cards, which are smaller versions of the ordinary smart media. Mine is a Nokia 6230. Would be interesting to test it, but the camera's on phones are pretty crap anyway so I can't see a great deal of success..........

 

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karki

New member

• Oct 12, 2004

• #9

Late answer, but for those read this later.
Yes it can be used. Don´t ask me how.

http://koti.welho.com/tlaurins/phonescoping/

 

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simonheffer

Member

• Oct 25, 2004

• #10

New samsung

When I saw this

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0410/04102001samsung_schs250.asp

I wasn't sure why I'd want a 5MP camera phone but maybe phonescoping is the answer. Might have to move to S.Korea though.

Simon