Digiscoping Defined

Eastern Towhee. Photo courtesy of Mike McDowell.

Digiscoping is a unique kind of photography using a digital camera and a field spotting scope. Now you can expand your ability to photograph the wonders of nature by putting your digital camera to work with any spotting scope.

If you plan to invest in a spotting scope for digiscoping, the best results will come from high quality optical systems featuring High Definition (HD), Extra-low Dispersion (ED), and Fluoride (FL) glass.

Equipment Choices

 What You Really Need for Digiscoping
Choosing a Quality Tripod for Success
Avoid the Number One Problem of New Digiscopers
Focus Fast with a Helical Focuser
Selecting a Point and Shoot Digital Camera
Selecting a Digital SLR Camera
Videoscoping with a Swarovski ATS 80 HD Scope
Digiscoping with a Digital SLR
 

How-to Techniques

 Improve Perspective Using the Tripod
Digiscope Better in Low Light
Achieve a Sharp Image Focus
Stitch Images Together
Reduce Noise on Digiscoped Images
Remove Purple Color Fringing
Setting up the Swarovski Digiscoping Adapter-On Video
Setting up the Swarovski Universal Camera Adapter
Digiscoping: The Key to Clarity
Optical Zoom and Focal Length
 

Field Tips

 How to Improve Your Field Craft
How to Get Closer to Wildlife
Digiscoping Up Close, a la Arthur Morris
The Benefits of Taking Video Footage
Digiscoping Dragonflies
 

Online Digiscoping Resources

 Mike McDowell's Digiscoping
Eagle Optics Blog
 

Contests

 Swarovski Digiscoper of the Year
Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Digiscoping Challenge