tbob

I am not sure what you did wrong, but on your Photobucket web page it said use this IMG code for forums & bulliten boards

tbob

Mandy,

I am sure that Neil will get back to you with some tips on how to improve your shots. He has the same setup as you and has taken some stunning shots.

My only help at the moment is to suggest that if you are using the zomm 20-60 x eyepiece, make sure you are not going any tighter than 30x on the eyepiece.

Neil will give you further advise on camera setting etc

Cheers

Bob

tbob

Mandy,

Using the Nikon 8400 and 20-60x eyepiece on the Swarovski 80HD scope produce some excellent quality results, as attached. Kowloon Park is an excellent place to practise with your camera. Remember to try and stay around the 30x zoom setting on your eyepiece. Focus distance also has an effect on the ammount of vignetting you get, but you can always crop this out with your software program

Bob

PS: All of these shots were taken with the zoom eyepiece

tbob

Mandy, This is a repost of your Kingfisher shot, I hope you don't mind. Practice makes perfect, I have a long way to go but in the 10 months of digiscoping I am really enjoying it

Bob

tbob

Mandy,

Can you remember if there was any reason why the EXIF should mention

Gain Control = High gain up

You were shooting at ISO 100 & 200, .

Try changing the gain control to low or normal

Bob

Neil has a 7070 so he should be able to give you all the settings

tbob

Mandy,

Although I mentioned earlier that it is better to stay around the 30x setting on your eyepiece, this shot which is full frame was taken on my 1st digiscoping day at Mai Po on the 13th April 2006 and the eyepiece was set at 60x

Bob