Toys....

[Dr Mordrid]

Here's a multi-purpose toy

Meade CaptureView

Dr. Mordrid

[LvR]

The idea is certainly a very good one.

I have had a chance to play with it in the field because I have a buddy in the trade, and must say that while the glass is not too bad, unfortunately it needs just about perfect lighting conditions to produce any "usable" pics - usable as in willing to show it to somebody else.

The guys brought in 50 about 4 months ago and are still sitting with about 45 in stock.

[VJ]

I think Pentax was the first with something like this:

http://www.pentax.com/products/cameras/camera_specs.cfm?productid=60011

(allthough I do think the binocular is not as good, the digital camera specs seem better at first sight - no pun intended - e.g. 1024x768 resolution)


Jörg

[LvR]

I am sure the f4 lens helps a lot too.

[Brian Ellis]

Guess it would need to have the super-fast shutter speeds as standard. Ever been able to hold 7x or 8x binos really still?

No need for Motion Blur in the editor

[Dr Mordrid]

I'm still looking for a telescopic sight with a camera built in

Come to think of it one for the bowsight would also be handy....

Dr. Mordrid

[VJ]

Perhaps an alternative:

http://nikon-ikdeng.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nikon_ikdeng.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=mxiIhKQg&p_lva=&p_faqid=1285&p_created=1053018376&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1GaWVsZHNjb3BlJnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9MyZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPX5hbnl_JnBfY2F0X2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=

If this link doesn't work, go here:

http://www.europe-nikon.com/support.aspx?countryid=20&languageid=22

Select "all products", " all subproducts", "all categories" and enter "Fieldscope" (no quotes) in the searchfield.

This is a Nikon solution, but no doubt there will be others...


Jörg

[LvR]

Dr

If thats the case - why not look at the Nikon Coolpix range of still cams - you can screw the ocular of a decent telescope (also microscope) directy onto the front of the cam and take a pic - works like a charm - see my post on horse skin in still pic section of the forum here.

I also remember the older Ricoh RDC7 (?) camera having the same ability - min focus distance with that was around a cm in makro mode - now thats amazing