Comments on: Digiscoping Comparison: Swarovski Digital Camera Adapter vs. Swarovski TLS800 Camera Adapter

By: The Birdfreak Team

The Birdfreak Team — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:38:49 +0000

Mary – thanks for the wonderful feedback! Digiscoping can be a lot of fun and can get you some great shots but it is a lot easier for more stationary birds (like shorebirds) or stationary spots (like warbler watering holes)

Jack – You are welcome. The 2x extender totally disallows autofocus on our Canon but I don’t know about the 1.4x (I think that is Canon’s smaller one)

Wren – The digital camera adapter is a breeze to use as Swarovski (and other companies) has put good effort into matching it with their scopes

By: wren

wren — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:07:46 +0000

Thanks, Eddie. When I bought my scope 5 or so years ago, only the TLS was available. I’m anxious now to take a look at the smaller adapter and the camera support. I may get back into digiscoping yet.

By: Jack Armstrong

Jack Armstrong — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:03:32 +0000

Eddie: Thanks for the efforts. I have found that the 2X lens causes focusing problems with the automatic focus on my D70 Nikon with a 200-400 Tamaron lens. I would suggest not using any more than a 1.5 X lens. Of course, you must be really good to follow a moving bird with the digiscope arrangement, however, you can do it with a telephoto lens.

Jack

By: Mary Carlson

Mary Carlson — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:57:34 +0000

Eddie, you put a lot of work/effort into this. But it’s great for comparison purposes. Now that you did the work on it, I am more convinced that I should purchase a 300mm lens with an extender. I’m not sure yet if I’ll purchase a 2x or a 1.5x, but it tells me that I would do better portability-wise. I’m not always able to carry around a spotting scope with extra camera equipment and an adapter. I’d only do that if I were in a more stationary spot. Thanks for all the work you put into it and sharing it with all of us.