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Beginners Tips for Digiscoping - 2006/04/18 22:00 A good tip for anyone interested in birds and wanted some snap shots for personal use is to use mobile phone camera against optics, believe me it does work and you can get some great shots.

If you want to step it up a bit but keep cost low, go for a digital camera that will attach to a scope this will allow decent close up shots. I would definitely think about attaching to a scope because you'll certainly want to get closer.

For the serious photographer I would choose canon equipment - eos1ds body= £4,799 / ef600mm f4.0 l image stabiliser = £6,199 total cost less accessories £11,000.

The best advice I can give to get better results is buy a full set of camouflage clothing, be patient and let the birds come to you, gently persuaded by food - then click away at a fraction of the cost!

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Re:Beginners Tips for Digiscoping - 2006/04/18 22:01 Want photos to go with your sightings but don't know what to buy thats inexpensive and lightweight? If your fortunate to own a mobile phone with camera try to take a photo threw your scope or binnoculars, you'll be surprised at the results.

The secret is to have no shake in either for a clear shot. If you haven't got a mobile, you can buy a cheap light camera and use it the same way, but it's best to purchase a non-zoom camera for a closer fit. Give it a go for some good snap shots for your own personal sightings list.
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Re:Beginners Tips for Digiscoping - 2006/10/28 09:14 We have recently got into digiscoping & bought the samsung camera kit that opticron sell to go with their scopes.It cost about £350 and the results are very good- considering we're beginners!!
We bought ours from InFocus and found them very helpful with setup etc.
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Re:Beginners Tips for Digiscoping - 2007/10/27 02:40 Digi-scoping is a great way to get images of birds without the need for heavy and expensive DSLR kit and you can get usable images from longer range.
I have used a Nikon Coolpix 995 thru a Leica scope for the last 6 years and have had some good results, also good for record shots to confirm (or not as the case may be) the ID of any birds you are not sure of or, record shots for sending sightings to local recorders, etc (I find the record shots invaluable if I find a rare bird, I birdwatch on my own a lot and if no one else see's the bird I can show the photo).
A wide range of cameras and scopes are available, talk to anyone you see using such equipment and I'm sure they will be happy to advise you on the results you can expect, buy the best (and most suitable) equipment you can afford and get snapping. There is a lot of info available on the web if you take the time to look.

Have a look at the image linked below and see if you can find the Jack Snipe, this was taken from with my Coolpix 995 from around 70 feet away, an image I could never have captured using my Canon 10D with the 100-400mm lens.

It's not a great photo but some people have had some fun (and frustration) looking for the bird

http://www.clydebirds.com/Bird_images/JackSnipe_01_281006.jpg

Hope this is of interest, John Take only photographs, leave only footprints....
Link: My web site
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