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Review Summary
2008-03-19T21:00:00
The Leica Digital Adapter-2 allows you to easily connect your compact Digital camera/camera phone to a Leica Televid spotting scope, and use it to take photographs through the scopes eyepiece. The use of the digital adapter merely requires coupling the camera to the scope without removing any parts or lenses from the camera or scope. Assembly,and use took 10 min right out of the box! I was pleased with the fact it was compatible with cameras other than Leica"s, and produced good photos (nature/birding) with minimum effort. I thought it was a bit pricey but would still recommend it based on its solid construction and performance.
MMurphy851
The subject of photography with a high-grade spotting scope also dubbed digiscoping is big among all those involved in demanding nature and bird observation. Thanks to the decisively improved quality of digital cameras, they allow fantastic shots of such subjects that would have called for large and expensive photo outfits in the past.
The LEICA D-LUX 2 is especially suited for digiscoping because, the D-LUX 2 mounts easily onto any of the Leica Televid spotting scope eyepiece, and so turns the compact digital camera into one with an enormous focal length for the demanding birdwatcher. Thus equipped, the LEICA D-LUX 2 delivers format-filling digital images without vignetting and in impressive quality.
• Features a large 2.5 display ideal to immediately evaluate shots of rare or special birds or other subject in nature.
• The optical image stabilization system helps to realize nature shots without camera shake even in low light and other critical situations.
• The quick response time when releasing the shutter avoids missing the decisive moment.
With this combination, Leica is once again offering nature observers interested in digiscoping a complete package consisting of spotting scopes, eyepieces, the digital adapter, and the camera, all of which ensure the typically high Leica image quality standard.
The LEICA C-LUX 1 is pre-destined for Digiscoping with Digital Adapter 2
The topic photography through a high quality scope also known as Digiscoping is still of great interest for all interested in the demanding world of nature and bird watching. Through the ever-increasing rise in the quality of digital cameras, it is now possible to take fantastic pictures, whereas in the past more elaborate and expensive camera systems were needed.
The LEICA C-LUX 1 is well suited for Digiscoping because:
• It has a large 2.5-display ideal, in order to directly judge the pictures of rare or exceptional birds or nature motives.
• The optical image stabilizer allows for clear pictures of nature even with poor lighting or under inclement weather conditions.
• the quick shutter release means that no more precious moments will be missed.
The digital adapter 2 combines the compact form of the LEICA C-LUX 1 with the eyepiece on the LEICA TELEVID, and in this way turns a compact digital camera into a camera with an extreme focal lengths for the ambitioned bird watcher.
With the LEICA C-LUX 1 it is possible to take format filling digital pictures without vignetting, and still have incredible quality.
This makes it possible for Leica to be able to offer the nature observer, who is interested inDigiscoping, a complete solution consisting of a spotting scope, eyepiece, digital adapter and camera which upholds the typical Leica high quality standards.