Nikon P5100 (1 Viewer)

ray2758 said:

Thanks, even pictures are not the best, now it seems ED82 + P5100 are perfectly matched.
Honestly, those pictures taken by ED82 and other DCs were not so satisfying myself in the past. With P5100 and further fine adjustments on the length of the adaptor to make the camera lens close to the eyepiece as much as possible, I think I got what I longingly hoped for.

Yes, my lost soul came back.
I second a saying from Chinese: Digiscoping is really Easy Come Tough Go.

Also one thing I am doing is to keep the shutter cable as long as the birds staying (actually they won't be long !). One is to get a good pose, one is to let the camera has a chance to repeatedly re-focus and refresh the exposure to cater any slightly changes in motion and sunlight. This really works for me, in a number of looked similar pictures I could seriously pick those with the best focus and stability particularly on the bird's face and eyes. :-O

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Neil said:

Nice one Ray. I've done this with my Canon adapters. It makes a big difference for the A640 and A650. Neil.

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Roy Ledgerton said:

Hi Neil

I am looking to buy a compact camera to start digiscoping again. A few years ago I used a Coolpix 995. I would use it on a Swarovski 65 hd angled scope with 30x eyepiece. I would be interested to know which camera you consider to be the most suitable to use with this scope. Thanks in advance.

Roy

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Neil said:

Roy,
I'm thinking of getting one of the newer cameras myself as I'm in Tokyo at the moment. I'm leaning towards the Panasonic LX3 or the Canon S90 (I'll use with the UCA adapter).
To use on the Swaro DCA adapter though the Nikon P5100 is the most flexible or the newer P6000. I like the P6000 because of it's ED lens and remote control. Raw is nice to have too , although only 1 shot at a time and slow. The AF on the Nikons is the most accurate of the cameras I've played with, especially in the Macro focus mode. You'll like the big , bright screens too. The best though is still the Nikon 8400 if you could find one second hand.
Neil.

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