Subject: [Tweeters] Digiscoping Question
Date: Sep 15 19:54:48 2007
From: Wensnahan Family - reganw at rockisland.com


Hi,

Is there more than one kind of stabilization? We have a stabilized
camera but I have no idea what kind of stabilization it has. How
would you know what kind of stabilization you have? Why would the
kind of stabilization matter?

I really like your suggestion of trying cameras in the store.

Thanks, Mark

At 9/15/2007 07:40 PM, Denny Granstrand wrote:
>HI Ted and Tweeters,
>
>As a longtime digiscoper (since March 2002) and fairly extreme
>experimenter and tinkerer, here are my recommendations:
>
>1) Look for a camera with OPTICAL image stabilization. You won't
>have to get or make any type of device to attach the camera to the
>scope. Just hold the camera up against the scope's eyepiece and
>pull the trigger.
>2) Shop locally. You will pay a little more than buying on-line
>but if you have problems with the camera in the first couple of
>months, you will be able to take it back with no questions
>asked. Take you scope into a store (Best Buy, Target, etc.) and aim
>their cameras through it. Zoom the camera out to 3X. If you get
>vignetting (black around the image), try a different camera. The
>Panasonic DMC-FX3 that I have is pretty good. Just about any camera
>with optical image stabilization should work. Try them first. I
>bought one of the small Nikon CoolPix cameras recently. It could
>not zoom out far enough to eliminate the vignetting.
>3) Experiment with the camera settings. Take several photos of a
>sign or mailbox at all of the different settings the camera comes
>with. Use the one that works best.
>
>It is not difficult to take good photos. It is addictive,
>though. My wife complains ("comments" might be a better word) that
>not only do I go birding now, I come home and spend many hours at
>the computer processing my photos and loading them onto my
>website. It is lots of fun seeing my photos go by on our screen-saver!
>
>Denny Granstrand
>Yakima, WA
>
>
>
>
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