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Danny.

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Hi,

Thanks for your questions.

I believe the adaptor you need will be a Leica T-62. This should fit the Televid APO 77 that you have. You may then need a Nikon T thread adaptor to go on your camera, then hopefully you should be able to marry the two items together.

From what I've read, Leica seem to push digiscoping with compact cameras more. They have a very simple adaptor for this

( D-LUX 4), or there are other, universal compact camera adaptors on the market.

I would check with a local camera supplier as well, just to make sure that you are buying the right equipment.

The settings for your camera would be similar to mine. I would use aperture priority mode. The aperture will show as 0.0 as there is no lens (as such) attached to the camera. You will get around f10-f12 through your spotting scope. The Shutter speed will automatically set itself to the fastest speed, dependent on the availabe light. You can then increase your shutter times using the ISO and exposure compensation.

I hope this helps, and isn't too confusing. Good Luck with your digiscoping, and please feel free to post any photos you take on the site here!

Best wishes,

Danny.

Hi, I HAVE A NIKON  D 200 SLR AND A LEICA 77 APO SCOPE. WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO TRY AND TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF WILDLIFE.

COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE SETTING FOR THE CAMERA AS WELL.

ATB    Bob Alexander

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Thanks!

Hi Terry,

Sorry I've not been in touch sooner.Please accept my apologies.

TBH the equipment i would recommend would be similar to the gear i use. I also use a canon eos dslr. i simply attach it to the t thread on the scopes eyepiece. To do this i bought a filter thread adaptor which screws onto the thread that is on the end of my camera lens, or there is another adaptor that connects the camera straight to the eyepiece, the scope then effectively becomes a massive telephoto lens.

Have a look at www.digiscopediary.co.uk.

This site explains it all really well.

Thanks for your kind comments, and if you have any more questions please ask.

All the best,

Danny

I stumbled across your site via Google as Im a new Canon Digital SLR owner and looking to get into Digiscoping. What triggered it was the recent Air and Water show here in Chicago last weekend which I was able to see from my balcony, however couldnt get up close to the action with my 250mm camera lens. Im looking to buy a telescope/spotting scope and had a couple of questions. If you can help me out Id greatly appreciate it or you can point me in the direction where I can find some more info such as a forum site.

Im looking to get the most powerful/best quality telescope/digiscope for under $400 to hook up to my Canon DSLR. Im not too concerned about size as most of the time it will sitting in my living room on the tripod. Any recommendations ? I dont want anything too huge as I will take it on occasion outdoors.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and keep up the great work on the site !

Terry

Chicago

Thanks Joe, Your wood amazes me, its so well matured!

Thanks Harry, Glad youl like my pictures. Let me know if you want to go birding and i'll show you how its done.

Danny.

To Danny ilike your site all about Birds my favourte part is the Bird pictures                              from  Haz

Hi Steve, thanks for your comments. I took a look at yours, and must admit that I was pretty blown away by the quality. I learned a lot by comparing our set ups today and am grateful for you explaining so much. Would be good to do a trip together sometime. If you fancy it you can email me via the website.

All the best,

Danny.

Hi Danny,

like your website, hope you got some good shots at minsmere , it was good to meet you , i managed some good shots which i was happy with , a good day was had by all !!

regards steve

Hi Danny  I get plenty of birds from Mexico way would you like to see them,p.s. they are normally in the dessert. Good luck with your Digiscoping. Good Site.

Hi Tony, Thanks for the comments. It was good to meet and chat with you. Would be good to meet again sometime if you want to?

Glad that you like my pics too, I'd like to take a look at some of yours, so get posting, its a great past time!!

Thanks again,