FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Re: using a digital camera to take bird photographs

[Michael Hodge <tennessee_wulff@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have only tried doing this once with marginal results but there are
several websites devoted to this topic.  I would suggest a trip to
Lawrence Poh's site to anyone interested in trying this or just to
see some amazing birds. The URL is:
http://www.angelfire.com/pe2/digiscoping/index.htm . Poh, a Malaysian
birder described as the "father of digiscoping" explains how he made
the images and provides a gallery with hundreds of examples (the
Silver-breasted Broadbill is breathtaking,
http://www.angelfire.com/pe2/digiscoping/silverbreasted_broadbill.htm)

Another excellent webpage is http://www.md.ucl.ac.be/peca/test/a.html

Good luck,
Michael 
Clifty, TN (Cumberland Co.)

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Michael Hodge
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
tennessee_wulff@xxxxxxxxx


--- Ian Stewart <istew2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I recall a message posted on the list recently where someone (Frank
> Lynne?)=
>  had successfully used a digital camera held up to a spotting scope
> to ge=
> t decent pictures of birds.
> 
> I was thinking of trying this, and was wondering whether you need
> an especi=
> ally fancy digital camera to do this, or an especially good
> telescope. I =
> have a Bushnell Sapcemaster with a zoom lens, don't know if that
> will wor=
> k OK. Any advice/camera recommendations would be much appreciated!
> 
> Also, saw approx 50 purple martins perched on a telegraph wire
> today just o=
> utside of Lexington.
> 
> Thanks
> Ian Stewart
> 
> Ian Stewart
> T.H. Morgan School of Biology
> University of Kentucky
> Lexington
> Kentucky
> 40506-0225
> (859) 323-9499
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