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Digiscoping through binoculars

Before going out and test some equipment, I've 'practiced' a bit, using our binuculars (Zeiss Diafun 8x30 and 10x30).

I simply held the camera in front of the exit, shot a few pictures and published the results below. The Diafun 8x30 yielded some very interesting images. It was possible to extract a well focussed picture of about 1.5mega-pixels (1410x1044). Using the Diafun 10x30, I was not able to get things focussed. The subject was at about 150m.

  Resized from 2272x1704 to 400x300 100% crop of the subject
(Click images for the actual image)

Canon G2
focal length: 7mm
equivalent: 34mm
1x


Canon G2
focal length: 21mm
equivalent: 102mm

3x

Canon G2
focal length: 21mm
equivalent: 102mm
3x

Canon Teleconverter
TC-DC58

1.5x

compound equivalent: 153mm
4.5x

Canon G2
focal length: 7mm
equivalent: 34mm
1x

Zeiss Diafun 8x30B
8x

compound equivalent: 272mm
8x

Canon G2
focal length: 21mm
equivalent: 102mm
3x

Zeiss Diafun 8x30B
8x

compound equivalent: 816mm
24x

Canon G2
focal length: 7mm
equivalent: 34mm
1x

Zeiss Diafun 10x30B
10 x

Was not able to focus. Was not able to focus.