Digiscoping "Digiscoping" is a technique used by birders to take digital photos with their existing birding scopes.
Contributed by: Terrie Miller
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If you have access to a spotting scope, you can use it as a super-zoom lens with your digital camera. Birders have been using this with great success -- many resources, examples and tips can be found via google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=digiscoping+bird
or at
http://digiscopingukbirds.homestead.com/
The technique is mainly just a matter of holding the camera up to the eyepiece of the scope. The instant feedback you get with a digital camera makes it easy to make immediate adjustments if they are needed.
There are some more links and examples here, including links to info on astrophotography:
http://www.istori.com/log/archives/00000303.html
Digiscoping with Canon Cameras
2003-09-09 05:39:45
anonymous2
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These days, the digiscoping scene seems to be very Nikon 990/995/4500 oriented. Cameras with larger and retracted lenses are less obvious digiscope-candidates because of the limited eye-relief most eye-pieces offer. However, many people are happy with their Canon G2/G3/G5, and want to use it for digiscoping. It's less common, but really possible. These pages explain how: http://www.caracara.org/misc/digiscoping/
