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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IanF" data-source="post: 1240682" data-attributes="member: 21">I think that anyone would struggle in these circumstances. For digiscoping you really need a scope with high quality glass such as ED, APO, fluortite etc. which reduces chromatic aberration and improves sharpness. I think the Bresser has ordinary glass. Even scopes from the big brands have two ranges - ED and non-ED scopes - with the latter nothing like as good for digiscoping. Overall the photo shows detail in the foliage and even the rocks but very soft and grainy with quite a lot of CA (bluey-purple) in shadow areas - which I suspect is down to the optic quality rather than technique - though there does seem to be some movement as well. Having said that you should still be able to get reasonable results under some conditions. Ideally you want the sun behind you shining onto the subject preferably early morning or late afternoon with a bit of a breeze so heat haze is reduced and with the subject quite close - c.20m. That way CA will be minimised.  Using the whole image downsized will give apparent sharpening and whilst the subject will be smaller in the frame overall will be quality much improved. Try just cropping to remove vignetting and then resizing to smaller than you usually use - things should look better. Other than that your technique sounds pretty good. How stable is your tripod though? Even a top end scope will produce soft pictures if the tripod isn't stable enough. Even a heavy one needs to be firmly positioned and everything tightened down. Apart from wind affecting things, walking near the legs and touching the camera imparts vibrations that take several seconds to settle down. Maybe worth setting things up in your garden or park and taking photos of something quite close 8-10m using the camera timer at 10 sec and shutter release cable to see if things improve.</blockquote>

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