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Message: <blockquote data-quote="willie45" data-source="post: 1492720" data-attributes="member: 52923">Hi again folks. I take your point Neil but have found, as Josef mentions, the manual mode gives lots of control if required and as I said it is quite easy to check the shutter speed is adequate and to bump up the ISO if needed. I am completely amazed at the quality of images this camera produces at higher ISOs. The people at the camera shop ( LCE Plymouth.... they deserve a plug ) were very, very helpful indeed and were some of the few people in shops who seemed to have experience of digiscoping. They reckoned the best results were obtained with the camera on program and focus set to " from macro to infinity" mode. My adapter arrived today and I had only a short time to try it out in the back garden on inanimate objects. Results were fairly good given my lack of experience and the conditions at the time. It showed me the quality this camera is capable of producing. I intend giving it a proper trial at the weekend. I will probably simply start by using program mode and then try manually selecting aperture and shutter speed without being too fussy about adjusting exposure all the time. From 300yds away and holding the camera these shots are surely as good as can be expected, Chrysophylax. I have noted most of the good quality shots in sites are taken at a good deal less than 100yds even with an adapter.If I get some shots I will post a couple here for your perusal. Thanks for sharing the advice By the way a big shout of thanks to the London Camera Exhange, Plymouth branch. They have been incredibly helpful and knowledgeable about this business. I cannot recommend them highly enough. I could have saved myself £30 of an order totalling £310 by going with Dixons online but the service they have given easilty was worth the extra. Also i changed my mind about what eyepiece adapter I wanted today, ( 2 weeks after receiving the order ) and they said no problem about changing it. If I had done this elsewhere it would have cost me an extra £60 so I reckon I'm £30 up on the deal by going with LCE. They told me to carry on using the one I have until the new one arrived which will be about 4-6 weeks and to keep both until I was sure I was happy with the replacment. They are one of the best retail experiences I have had for a while. I have no connection with them, just a happy customer.Willie</blockquote>

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