Len's Lens - Confessions of a digiscoper

When birding I sometimes try to capture images by attaching a small digital camera to my spotting scope's eyepiece, a technique called DigiScoping. Currently I'm using the Nikon V1 camera with the 18.5mm 1 Nikkor lens, mated with a Swarovski STX spotting telescope.

Monday, April 29, 2019

California Scrub Jay

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(Originally sent as as email, December 2016) On a late 2016 visit to Lake Solano Park we spotted a scrub-jay perched in a tree along th...

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Nuttall's Woodpecker Went to Lake Solano Park 11/10/2016 with a new camera, the Panasonic Lumix GX8. Tough job switching to a differen...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Pinyon Jay - Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

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The Pinyon Jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus , is a bird that relies heavily on Pinyon Pine/Juniper habitat, so it's a species seldom seen ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Mono Lake with Shuf and The Vagrants - Day 3

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Driving north from Mono Lake we crossed Conway Summit and drove down to Bridgeport, turning right to the Bridgeport Reservoir. Highlight of ...
Monday, September 19, 2016

Mono Lake with Shuf and the Vagrants

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Patti and I just returned from a 3+ day trip at Mono Lake with our good Vagrant friends, led by Dave Shuford and ably planned and organized ...

Mono Lake with Shuf and the Vagrants

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Patti and I just returned from a 3+ day trip at Mono Lake with our good Vagrant friends, led by Dave Shuford and ably planned and organized ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Clubtails along Bear Creek

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On our July 16 visit to Bear Creek with Tim Manolis and Leslie Flint we were happy to find 2 species of clubtails, The White-belted Ringt...
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Len Blumin
Mill Valley, California - Bay Area, United States
My involvement with Audubon Canyon Ranch (www.egret.org) nourished a budding interest in birding, and since my retirement from a career as an E.R. doctor I've developed a passion for birding and nature photography. Figured at age 70 it's time to start a blog! My earlier digiscoping was done with an 80mm Swarovski spotting scope, mostly with a 30X wide-angle zoom eyepiece, which gives a stunning view for birding and captures lots of light for DS pics. Our current scope, the Swarovski STX 85mm, allows me to focus to down to 12 feet, and the zoom eyepiece is simply superb. Right now I'm using the very slick DCB II adapter, which allows a variety of cameras to be mounted on a platform so that they can be centered quickly on the eyepiece. Current camera is the Nikon V1, with the 18.5mm Nikkor 1 lens. I've heard that the 11-27.5 V1 zoom also works with the DCB, but the kit lens (10-30mm) is too long.
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