Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:58:57 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: jack powers Subject: Re: Pictures through spotting scopes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My Swarovski offers a T-adapter which allows a through-the-lens 35 mm camera to be connected directly to the scope, creating a telescopic lens of ~ 1000mm. I would guess that most scopes with removable oculars allow for such a connection. Most camera stores (especially those advertising in the backs of photography magazines) would carry T-adapters, just specify the camera type and scope's ocular thread size. The photography rules are the same as for any long lens connected with a T-adapter. If you use a point-n-shoot camera, either a 35 mm or most digital cameras in an affordable price range and most camcorders, the only option is to hold the camera to the scope lens. The advantage of making pictures by the holding-the-camera-to-the-scope method is that you can grab a quick shot of a rarity without having to set up the T-adapter and through-the-lens camera first. Point-n-shoots are usually smaller than 35 mm cameras, so easier to carry through the marsh and fields. The quality of the photos can be less than "publishable", but at least you have the record of the bird. The "Digiscoping" website mentioned by Daryl Olson: http://www.md.ucl.ac.be/peca/test/a.html , contains a lot of information and has great examples of bird photos, but is limited to digital cameras. There must be a lot of photography websites that contain techniques for shooting with long lenses, maybe someone else out there knows some to which they can refer you. Happy birding! Jack Powers Alexandria, Virginia powersalex@home.com http://powersalex.homestead.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene Valentine" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 8:47 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Pictures through spotting scopes > I have been reading with great interest the posts about using a digital > camera with a spotting scope to take bird pictures. Has anyone tried this > with a regular (non-digital) camera? And if so, what were the results? > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================