Woody Campbell
Workshop Member
Another through the telescope.
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The New and Improved Fun with Nikon Images!
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Woody Campbell
Workshop Member
This one of the telescope with apologies for the cluttered background.
Corlan F.
Subscriber Member
Jorgen, Rayyan: you guys are apparently doing a lot of chimping. Is it spring? 
(Aircon is indeed very,er, cool, btw. He probably needs that after close-up D-maxing)
Woody: at least you use your telescope for more noble tasks, loke flowers. Or are you?
Steen, very cool landscapes you have here. Delicate light, shades of green, some yellow, a bit of sea. Fav is probably the last one, with the boat on the horizon. A lot of serenity in all of these.
Matt: funky neighborhood. The goat is excellent -and looks quite happy. Maybe simply aware of the luck of living in such a quiet, peaceful environment.
(Aircon is indeed very,er, cool, btw. He probably needs that after close-up D-maxing)
Woody: at least you use your telescope for more noble tasks, loke flowers. Or are you?
Steen, very cool landscapes you have here. Delicate light, shades of green, some yellow, a bit of sea. Fav is probably the last one, with the boat on the horizon. A lot of serenity in all of these.
Matt: funky neighborhood. The goat is excellent -and looks quite happy. Maybe simply aware of the luck of living in such a quiet, peaceful environment.
Lloyd
Active member
Stunning shot, Woody!! :bugeyes: Gorgeous light.Another through the telescope.
Corlan F.
Subscriber Member
More seriously, nice setup, and the potential looks promising.
I've been entertaining the idea though never really investigated thoroughly. Are the Nikon adapters easy to find and set up? Are there telescope brands more suited for the task?
Steen
Senior Subscriber Member
Interesting setup, Woody. Now that you have shown us how, could you please elaborate on why
I do have a Leica Televid 77 birding telescope myself, but so far I haven't tried to mount my camera on it.
I mean I realize you get an unusual bunch of reach, but don't you have to struggle with an extremely modest maximum aperture with such a combination ?
And isn't it difficult to focus the telescope with accuracy ?
I do have a Leica Televid 77 birding telescope myself, but so far I haven't tried to mount my camera on it.
I mean I realize you get an unusual bunch of reach, but don't you have to struggle with an extremely modest maximum aperture with such a combination ?
And isn't it difficult to focus the telescope with accuracy ?
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Woody Campbell
Workshop Member
The telescope's aperure is f6.0. It has a very finely geared focuser - focus has been very easy on the ground glass.Interesting setup, Woody. Now that you have shown us how, could you please elaborate on why
I do have a Leica Televid 77 birding telescope myself, but so far I haven't tried to mount my camera on it.
I mean I realize you get an unusual bunch of reach, but don't you have to struggle with an extremely modest maximum aperture with such a combination ?
And isn't it difficult to focus the telescope with accuracy ?
Steen
Senior Subscriber Member
Obviously it works !
An absolutely stunning micro capture, Leif. Beautiful rendering, remarkable details.
Steen
Senior Subscriber Member
Maybe I should take a closer look at the possibility of connecting my camera to my birding telescope. Food for thoughts. Thanks Woody.
Corlan F.
Subscriber Member
Thanks Steen.Wow. Not only an ultra high resolution machine, even does high ISO
Beautiful rose, Corlan !
Unfortunately the D3X "dies" after 1600 (quite or even extremely usable to that point, though). Which, for a relatively newcomer into shooting DP himself -but not dealing with, who used to struggle shooting dim light action portraits, no flash allowed with 400 ASA films and f2.8 zooms or f4 tele in the last century... it's fine
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
Beautiful flowers, Leif and Corlan
Lloyd
Active member
That is gorgeous! :thumbup:
jbcrane
New member
Gorgeous. One of my favorite colors. Well done and at 1250! it's a brave new world.Leif :thumbup:
One from today, just documenting the high ISO performance on the D3X (well "semi-high ISO" by today's standards, i guess
D3X - ZF 50/2M @f2 - ISO1250 - natural light - handheld - NX2 standard mode - about 30% crop