Steve,
I have a Pentax PF-80 ED scope. This scope has an unusually wide eye
piece with an extendable eyecup. I took the scope with me to Best Buy to select
a camera. I chose a Canon PowerShot A1400 because its lens fits neatly within
the extended eyecup of my scope and will focus when positioned there. The
eyecup helps support and steady the camera and keeps shots from having a halo.
It works pretty good for perched birds, but is near useless for flight shots.
Frank
Frank Lyne
frank@xxxxxxxxxxx - near Dot in Logan County, KY
On Jul 6, 2019, at 11:33 AM, sk <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
NICE pictures, for sure! Do you just hold a camera or phone up to the scope,
or do you have a mount of some kind?
Thx,
Steve Kistler
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> On Behalf
Of Lyneart
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2019 8:07 AM
To: BiRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: [birdky] Grasshopper Sparrow
The day before yesterday, on my routine farm circle, I spotted a Grasshopper
Sparrow singing atop a common milkweed, the first time for me to see one on
my place this year. It was there again yesterday, so today I took the scope
with me. It shied away about the third time I walked in closer, but while I
stood in place looking at what I had so far on the view screen, it returned
to the exact same perch. Got some fairly respectable pictures of it. It’s
singing in one shot. I was about 50 feet away, but couldn’t hear it.
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57965418 ;
<https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57965418>
Frank Lyne
frank@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:frank@xxxxxxxxxxx> - near Dot in Logan County, KY
