Digiscoping is another way of taking a few tools and putting them together to give you an option for capturing birds or the like. Something you would normally NOT be able to do, because of the contraints in the distance of where the subject is. This is another step into a world you have never seen before and perhaps had wondered about. How could you ever get that photograph without the huge lenses and expense that’s involved. The answer for you may well be digiscoping. Below, I will show you photographs of the tools I use for digiscoping and my setup.
Please take note that digiscoping is NOT for everyone or for the faint of heart. It is not as easy as it looks. It took me quite some time to figure out just the right settings from my type of rig., And even then, there was lots of tweaking to do. This coming from a vetern photographer that knows the craft. I almost threw in the towel as I was so fustrated with it all! Many grumbling days followed. Finally, all the pieces came together and presto! Because of doing digiscoping and finally being convinced about digital and being ready., I decided to return to the world of photography in the digital form rather than film.
Here is my digiscoping tools followed by a few photographs of what you can do with this setup.
This is the kind of image you can capture with digiscoping a subject that can be quite a distance away. For further interests about other birdwatching optics, please click under the header or here Birdwatching about Spotting Scope Optics and Binocular Thoughts.
Hello. Wondering if you know how to mount my Nikon DSLR to my Leica APO Televid 7 Spotter scope. I have the T2-AI adapter ring that attaches to my Nikon, but must be missing a piece that attaches to the scope. I’ve been trying on and off for several years now and keep falling short of making the connection and entering this new realm for me. You are the first person I have found who seem to be in the know on these things. Sorry to bother you if I’m barking up a wrong tree.