[mou] Power of digiscoping

[Earl Orf]

This is not about a bird sighting but it is so amazing I had to pass it on.

 

I know that many of you have tried digiscoping.  That's how I started out as
well.  I mostly use my DSLR now but I still stay subscribed to the
digiscoping list serve.  The following message came through and shows the
amazing possibilities of digiscoping.

 

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Many of us enjoy sharing our digi-scoped photos with friends, but I suspect
that few of them realize the awesome magnification that can be achieved.
Swarovski Optik sponsors an annual contest, where they ask the participants
to include a shot of the scene taken before mounting the scope to the
camera. I decided to do that yesterday when viewing a male Peregrine Falcon
at the Point Reyes National Seashore Lighthouse viewpoint. Bird was about
200 feet + distant and well down the rock outcrop. Scenic photo taken with
the 8400 at full zoom (21.6mm). Digi-scope shot also at 21.6mm, and the
photo was cropped about 50%. Of further interest, the height of the bird in
the original scenic shot is 19 pixels, or less than 1%.

Cheers, Len Blumin, Mill Valley, CA

Swaro 80HD, 30X, DCA, Nikon 8400.

 

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Here's a link to the photo that Len is talking about.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9062441@N02/2066302901/  

 

Earl Orf

www.earlorfphotos.com 

 

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