D50 digiscoping

[Noely F]

March 1, 2007 at 10:44 pm

All images are viewfinder size.

[Roberto]

March 1, 2007 at 11:03 pm

Noely, it looks very good! Sharp.

[Noely F]

March 1, 2007 at 11:12 pm

Thanks Roberto…you need plenty of light though…and steady hands…and high ISO’s…… :wink:

[Roberto]

March 1, 2007 at 11:15 pm

Do you plan to use it for your birds shots? Will not be disadvantage the high ISO….?

[joe_elway]

March 2, 2007 at 6:40 am

Digiscoping was invented by the birders AFAIK. You really get slow shots though. I saw a guy in Belfast doing it with a video camera. It actually seems that all the adapters seem to be made for P&S cameras. I’ve seen loads of people asking for solutions for DLSR’s and never getting an answer.

Noely, how does this shot compare to your 70-300? What ISO/aperture,shutter speed did you have to go to?

[Noely F]

March 2, 2007 at 4:27 pm

I had the 50mm open at 3.2 , shot at ISO 400 at 80.
This was the first test of the rig up, I’m waiting for good light and a closer subject to suss it out :wink:
It has at least 4 times the reach of the Sigma but would only be useful for stationary objects…like herons for example :lol:

[carl]

March 2, 2007 at 5:16 pm

Thats cool!
Would love to see more and maybe a pic of your gear setup.

[Rob]

March 2, 2007 at 9:55 pm

Noely F wrote:

It has at least 4 times the reach of the Sigma but would only be useful for stationary objects…like herons for example :lol:

…or librarians..

Rob.

[Noely F]

March 6, 2007 at 12:18 pm

The 300 at full zoom for comparison.