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I finally made the small box to hold the DIY NiMH USB battery pack. I now no longer have to carry it around in a plastic bag :). This box is purely functional; meaning I did not spent too much time on its looks, but made it as solid and usefull as possible. In fact […]
March 25, 2011
For alligning a camera to the T80ED spotting scope you would need an adaptor of some sort which keeps your phone at the right spot. The Olivon universal adaptor requires a tripod-mount hole which is present at most compact cameras, but obviously is not there in your phone. So from here some DIY is required […]
March 22, 2011
A more sturdy version of the earlier adaptor. Designed to click on and shoot, opposed to alligning and fiddling until stable, as with the first version. All the positioning screws allow for accurate postion to the eyepiece lens. The phone can slide onto the top and is ready for use. Made a later improvement of using […]
March 16, 2011
In an earlier blog I discussed using my Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) smartphone for digiscoping in comination with the Outdoor club (Bauer/Olivon) T80ED spotting scope. Together with the scope I have bought an universal digiscoping adaptor. This adapter however only fits small digital compact cameras which have a screw mount for a tripod or something […]
March 14, 2011
With digiscoping you basically use the spotting scope as a ultra-zoom lens to your camera. This allows for a large distance between the camera and the subject and is therefore very popular with bird watchers. The main disadvantages are reduced picture quality compared to high quality tele-lenzes and the large setup required. For me this […]
March 9, 2011
Recently I have been playing with the GPS application “Maverick” on my Samsung Galaxy S Android device. It shows quite some nice features like taking waypoints with pictures, exporting tracks etc. Now we are planning to make some nice long hikes in our upcoming holidays, and I would like to make (extensive) use […]
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March 25, 2011
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