Editing Digiscoping (section)

{{short description|Photographic technique}}
[[File:Nikon digiscoping set.jpg|thumb|right|[[Spotting scope]] with a digital camera mounted afocally using an adapter.]]
[[File:Digiscoping.jpg|thumbnail|Digiscoping waterfowl]]
[[File:Digiscope - 20x - 24mm - Ystad-2021.jpg|thumb|Typical uncropped digiscope image; the [[spotting scope]] has 20x magnification. Camera focal length is 24 mm; distance to the subject is about 90 meters.]]

'''Digiscoping''' is a [[neologism]] for [[afocal photography]],  using a ([[digital camera|digital]]) camera to record distant images through the [[eyepiece]] of an [[optical telescope]].

Digiscoping usually refers to using either a [[digital single-lens reflex camera]] with lens attached or, more often, a fixed lens [[Point-and-shoot camera|point and shoot]] digital camera to obtain photos through the eyepiece of a [[birdwatcher]]'s [[spotting scope]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=j7l0CxBUwGwC&dq=digiscoping&pg=PA41 Adrian Davies, The Focal digital imaging A-Z, page 41]</ref>  The term has also been associated with the use of a digital camera and spotting scope equipped for [[prime focus]] photography.<ref>[http://www.dphoto.us/news/node/359 DphotoNews's blog - Nikon introduces the Digiscoping System - Fieldscope Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224063308/http://www.dphoto.us/news/node/359 |date=2010-02-24 }}</ref>