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In message <430f52c6$1_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, DAVID TENNYSON
<anyone4tennis1@lycos.com> writes
>Hello
>My brother, a birdwatcher has recently acquired a spotting scope. He'd like
>to mount his 20D on it. Anyone know a company that makes mounts?
>
What make is the scope? I know for a fact that Zeiss make a dedicated
universal threaded adapter that attaches the scope to the camera body
(not the camera lens) - I've tried one. I would imagine that the other
big players such as Swarovski, Leica & Kowa would also offer similar
adaptors.
The main problem is focussing. Manual focussing is bad enough at the
best of times but for a moving target such as a bird and very fine
focussing required on a powerful scope, it's just a bit hit and miss.
However if he already owns one of the top scopes it is possibly a good
way to get high magnification at minimal extra cost. The adaptor I tried
was around 250 UKP. You also need the Canon threaded adaptor ring (can't
remember the special name for it) but that's only a few UKP/dollars.
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Paul Flackett