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Introduction to Digiscoping vol-2(From digiscoping equipment to tips on photographic techniques)
1,Welcome to the digiscoping world! Selecting digiscoping equipment How to improve your digiscoping skills FAQ
Digiscoping with SLR cameras

Welcome to the digiscoping world!

What is Digiscoping? The Benefits of Digiscoping

What is Digiscoping?

Digiscoping is the word used to describe "the recording of images from a Fieldscope or a Spotting Scope with a digital camera." Its most distinctive feature is the ability*1 to achieve telephoto photography comparable to what supertelephoto lenses for SLR cameras can do. What makes this possible is the combination of the magnification of a Fieldscope with the focal length of a compact digital camera.*2

*1. Using the collimate shooting method
*2. How to calculate the composite focal length: Multiply the magnification of the eyepiece by the 35 mm equivalent focal length of a COOLPIX digital camera. For example, a Fieldscope ED82 with 30x Wide DS eyepiece and a COOLPIX P5000 results in a focal length of 1080 mm (when the camera is at the wide [36 mm] end of the zoom range). 30 x 36=1,080

Photographed with a camera only Photographed using digiscoping

COOLPIX: 126 mm ( 35mm camera equivalent focal length)
Fieldscope ED50 + 27x wide DS eyepiece + COOLPIX at 36 mm( 35 mm camera equivalent focal length) = 972 mm


Compiled with the assistance of Mr.Yoshiharu Ishimaru of DIGISCO.COM Co., Ltd.

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