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Nikon FSA-L1 Fieldscope Digiscoping SLR Camera Adapter (1 Viewer)

gandytron

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Nikon FSA-L1 Fieldscope Digiscoping SLR Camera Adapter on 60mm Scope?

Hi All,

Does anybody use this adapter which connects your Nikon Fieldscope to a Nikon DSLR? Is it any good? (ie better/worse than using P5100 P&S)

I have a 60mm ED Fieldscope III, and a Nikon D50 (soon to be upgraded to D90) - what sort of image quality can I expect from this combination? I've seen a number of threads on BF relating to this adapter, but most seem to detail use with the 78mm or 82mm scopes.

Thanks

Dave
 
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I have tested this with ED82, but unfortunately, the images from this setup looked soft even with good lights around. I assume with EDIII, the shutter speed will be a bit slower.
 
Yeah, I shot with the FSA-L1 and the EDIII for one day. 60mm is just too small aperture for the dSLR at F13. Had much better results with ED82. I think with the EDIII I would go with a digicam and maybe the new Nikon Swing-out adapter FSB-U1. But if you are set on using the D90 then get the new 35mm F1.8 lens to shoot behind the 24x DS eyepiece on the UBK bracket.

Rick
 
Sorry, no idea if it will be sold outside Japan. But I think they finally wised up and realized it was silly to make a new adapter for every new digicam, e.g. the P6000.

Cheers,
Rick
 
Nikon does not say specifically nor do they give any camera dimensions. A dealer I spoke with said it should allow most popular digicams from Nikon or another OEM. The main spec is it designed to work with Nikon DS-sized eyepieces.

Rick
 
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