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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rb_stern" data-source="post: 1643242" data-attributes="member: 1461">I agreeI'm glad to see Joseph's post, as I have found over a number of years of trial and error digiscoping, that I have evolved the same technique. There is 1 other thing that I have found is also very important - choose a digicam that you can squeeze vertically between thumb (under the camera) and forefinger (which depresses the shutter), and the way to take the picture is to squeeze, but primarily upwards with your thumb. I have tried several different digicams, and performed numerous comparisons, and find that my old Sony DSC-W5 fits the bill better than either my wife's Nikon 5100 - a popular digiscoping camera, or my new Panasonic ZS3 (which is otherwise an outstanding digicam) - the reason being that the latter 2 cameras have angled shutter buttons, that are harder to use this squeezing technique.Another thing I found, fortuitously, is that  the VAD-WA screw-in adapter for filters and accessory lenses for the W5 fits perfectly into the rubber eyecup on the 30X eyepiece of my Kowa 773 scope, when extended for non-eyeglass viewing. Simply shoving the unit into the eyepiece this way (see photos) and then using the above technique, gives me quick and hassle-free shots, with a higher portion of keepers than trying to screw in the DA-10 adapter and then screwing in the camera (by which time the bird has often flown).I set up the scope on the kitchen table just now and took the pictures with the ZS3 in my left hand, holding the Sony W5 (not in the way I have described) in my right, basically to show how the unit fits into the eyepiece. Here are a couple of examples wih this setup, too.Good digiscoping -- Richard</blockquote>

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