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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bluedubius" data-source="post: 1406281" data-attributes="member: 29581">Was playing around a bit this afternoon with the scope and camera.  I have been experimenting with eyepiece projection without too much luck (probably my own fault).  While I had my Scopetronix Maxview 40mm eyepiece on the scope I decided to do another little test to see what I could do with an old 50mm f2 nikkor manual focus lens on the camera.  Currently having no way to attach the lens to the eyepiece, I just handheld the camera up to the scope and took some shots.  I was surprised that they looked pretty good.  Having a good time playing around, I then decided to go all out and combine my 2x Kiron teleconverter with the 50mm eyepiece handheld to the scope with the 40mm eyepiece. No vignetting, even though the glass on the 50mm nikkor is deeply recessed.  Once again to my surprise I had photos that were pretty much as good as what I had been getting with the other methods I've used in this thread.  I've attached an American Robin test photo from this afternoon. Distance around 60 feet, adjusted for levels and slight sharpening is PS6. I do not know right off the top of my head how to calculate the total focal length when digiscoping with a lens and 2x converter on the camera.  The Maxview 40 with the 600mm celestron of 15x, just don't know how this changes with the other components.  Any help would be appreciated.Rick</blockquote>