Birdwatching is generally enjoyed as an aesthetic pastime with nature‘s bountiful and beautiful feathered creatures. However, there are many ways your ornithological observations can contribute to real science. A sighting of a bird or birds at a particular location and habitat type can be considered to be a veritable piece of data, a [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Using a Photo Adapter
Another method of connecting a D-SLR to a spotting scope has been around for many years, but film SLR cameras were used prior to digital. In this configuration, the eyepiece is removed from the spotting scope and the lens is removed from the D-SLR. Using a T-ring that’s specific to the camera body, the scope [...]
