• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

Question about: digiscoping DLSR settings? (1 Viewer)

vd Berg

Active member
Hello,

Can you preset a fixed ‘effective’ aperture and focal length in your DSLR for your telescope/adapter lens? If yes, which preset fixed 'effective' aperture and focal length, exposure mode, shutter speed and ISO settings for your DSLR mostly gave the best photo results?

Please also tell about the DSLR type, telescope diameter, adapter -type and -aperture(s).

With kind regards,
vd Berg
 
Last edited:
I use a Sony a7III and 28mm f/2.8 pancake lens attached to a Swarovski STX85 and 25-60X eyepiece using a Digidapter digiscoping adapter. I've set up the camera using a custom function dial to provide the following presets so that I can quickly switch to "digiscoping" mode:
Aperture-f/2.8
ISO Auto - 100-6400
Min. Shutter Speed - 1/1000sec.
Focus mode - manual with focus-peaking (a slight turn of the focusing ring creates magnified image for critical focus)

More detailed settings are listed on my blog site at http://jerryjourdan2.blogspot.com
 
Warning! This thread is more than 6 years ago old.
It's likely that no further discussion is required, in which case we recommend starting a new thread. If however you feel your response is required you can still do so.

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top