Dan, Denny, and Tweeters,

Check out my photos of the dotterel on Dan Victor's photos web page. They were
taken with a digitat camera that was simply held up to the back of the scope. I
was amazed at how well they turned out.

Russell

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Dan Logen wrote:

> Denny,
> I have a digital camera that takes very nice photos of microscope slides,
> just by holding the camera to the eyepiece of the microscope. I hadn't even
> thought of trying to do bird photography through my telescope with the
> digital camera. As you say, it might be very useful for documenting
> rarities. The digital camera allows seeing the image as you take the
> picture, and reviewing it immediately after, and then transmitting it to the
> rarities committee! I can hardly wait to try!
>
> Dan Logen
> Stanwood
>
> >I have been experimenting with taking photographs though my scope with a
> >camera just held up to the eyepiece. I realize it would be a lot better to
> >buy an adaptor and camera and do it right but that seems too costly and
> >complicated. I don't really want to take magazine-quality photos, I just
> >want to document rare or unusual sightings.
> >