Digiscoping is the revolutionary photographic technique that combines a digital camera (or video camera) with a terrestrial observation telescope, familiarly called “long”. From this issue, we begin a series of articles on this technique which is not an absolute alternative to super-canvases, but represents a different approach to Nature and the wild animals that live there.
Curated by Richard Camusso
A nice chamois peeps out of the snow. With the naked eye, we hardly recognize it: the distance that separates us exceeds 200 meters. We want to estimate the age / sex classes and other details. He senses our presence, but he doesn't care because we are well beyond his escape distance. We apply to the ATX85 (the "long" par excellence, today; the same one we use in selection hunting) and the miracle happens: we can not only count the growth rings on the elegant hooked horns, but we appreciate the brush, the hook and a large number of other important details. Expression included. We seem to be able to "touch" it even if, in reality it is very distant from us. This is but one example - among a thousand - of them magic offers from Digiscoping. Regardless of the camera model used (SLR, compact, mirror and even the mobile phone), the lungo works like a very powerful tele. Indeed as a super-telephoto that, with focal lengths from 1.600 mm and up, can bridge distances unattainable by any traditional photographic lens.
But not only. We will discover, then, that also on "easier" distances, borderland between long and super-telephoto, Digiscoping offers excellent photographic quality. This also applies to a particular type of macro: those who think that the long one is made for very long distances, forget that even at 3 - 5 meters. excellent macro photographs can be made; a grasshopper, or a hornet, occupies the entire frame.
Such performances require such long to great quality, first of all Swarovski; the prices are high, even if you still spend a zero less, in Euros, compared to super-canvases, which offer lower enlargements; but, as my grandfather used to say, "the more you spend, the less you spend". This is even more true in Digiscoping: quality longs see the invisible even at sunrise / sunset, with twilight values exceptional. And much more, as we will see. Beyond pure technique, however, the real magic of Digiscoping consists in being able to stay out of scene. We can, that is, realize real nature photos to wild animals that are well beyond their distance of escape: this means having animals in front of the lens calm, frontal, intent in their daily activities and, above all, for relatively long times. Not fleeing at breakneck speed as happens in traditional photographic hunting. The wet nose and eyes of an ungulate that doesn't run away instead of its white ass that takes refuge in the woods in a second.
When they ask me how I manage to photograph the "invisible" and the eyes, I reply that it is easier to take a good photo, (selected from many shots) if the subject stands in front of the lens for a long time, rather than having only a few second to photograph a wild on a stampede. The Digiscoping and this; and so on. We want to talk about it with the readers of Caccia Passione, also in interactive form, sharing photos and opinions. We will publish articles on the various technical-emotional aspects of this technique, exchanging images and constructive ideas with you. Hello everyone and see you soon.
Digiscoping: Since many years, Camusso Riccardo he deals full time with photographic hunting and falconry. Since the 90s, his passion has been oriented on Digiscoping, when no one yet knew the meaning of this word; that's why everyone calls it the "father" of Italian Digiscoping. He has published several books focused on this photographic technique, writes for numerous European magazines in the sector, has won the Italian Championship of Naturalistic Photography in Digiscoping four times and organizes periodic exclusive work-shops in his equipped observation points and in other European areas. and African.
Climate, nature and magic in third millennium Kenya
The title testifies to this commitment: "Milele KENYA!" means "KENYA forever!" because the photographs and words that run through the pages of the Book speak of our Kenyan emotions and our love for this country. We have repeatedly written in the past that Kenya is too old to die. In its five major chapters (The Indian Ocean - The savannah - the Safari - Malindi and the coast - The people) the Book testifies to the various aspects of this country at the beginning of the third millennium.
Born in Turin, Riccardo Camusso lives and works in Monferrato, among his beloved roe deer. His photographs appear on the net, in the numerous photographic books published and in the main magazines. For some years he has been working full time in Digiscoping, practiced with Swarovski Optik telescopes and Nikon cameras. Camusso is defined as the father of Digiscoping not only for having won the title of Italian Champion several times, but above all because he is one of the first photographers who believed and firmly believes in this revolutionary technique that cancels great distances without sacrificing quality.
The roe deer object of our studies We have baptized it ReBiscone, in homage to the locality where it lives, that is, one of the most beautiful areas of the hills of Lower Piedmont (ATCAL4). We have dedicated some Digiscoping workshops to this roe deer and a number ...
A formidable close-up of a velvet roe deer photographed (260 meters away) with a SwarovskiOptik ATX 95 Angular telescope brought to 70x. DIGISCOPING - Is it better the long straight or the angular one? This is definitely the question ...
The colony of 12 roe deer cited in the text as an example Digiscoping - The long one during and, above all, before the selective sampling. Of course: this optical instrument does not replace the rifle but proves to be fundamental when / if aimed at the management and activity of selecontrollers ....
The MAF, in this photo, wanted to privilege the anal mirror of the two females and, consequently, the snout and ears are slightly out of focus. Digiscoping - As digiscopers know, the fundamental 'problem' of this technique is ...
In this ppp of a chamois in the snow (exposed in commercials) you can count the years in life. The heart of a chamois can go up to 600 beats per minute. His muscles, powerful but fluid, seem to be made on purpose ...
This roe deer hidden in the tall grass tells of how the long one is able to 'see the invisible'. Almost all wild animals have a bad habit of coming out of the woods almost always at sunrise or sunset. This preference for twilight hours creates, ...
Engaging this female roe in a large cornfield requires perfect equipment balance. Modern terrestrial observation telescopes - the ones we use on the hunt for observing, evaluating and photographing - do not carry prohibitive weight ....
Both sexes of the chamois carry permanent horns. Even today, candidates for hunting exams are sometimes asked a question of applied zoology. "In which of the following ungulate species (chamois, deer, roe deer, ibex, mouflon, fallow deer) the ...
Listening to the bell at the first light of dawn is an unforgettable suggestion. Digiscoping - Sitting in the shelter of a large larch, a deep sense of peace invades us. We are listening to the voice of the deer. In the woods there is an almost unreal silence, ...
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