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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Digiscoping with a binocular

I was at the lake on Sunday and noticed a Great Blue Heron on the shore that might allow a relatively close approach due to some intervening trees. I moved carefully, then took out my Pentax Optio A10 and zoomed it up to 3x optical and then 4x digital for a total of 12x. The results, though useable, were not really what I wanted due to the digital zoom component.

Since I was also carrying my Leica 10x25 Ultravid binocular around my neck, I said, "Why not?" I aimed the Leica at the bird, focused carefully, then held the Optio up to the binocular eyepiece. To get a little closer, I then zoomed to 2x optical on the camera, found the bird on the LCD screen and took a shot. At the combined 20x optical, the results were much better. Wasn't till I got home and downloaded the pic that I noticed the twig in the Heron's beak.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Digiscoping with a binocular

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