(Day)light, camera, action!

[JohnGalway]

Jesus, that was some struggle to get this far. Technology and me aren't the best of buddies

 

Piddled around with some waste pipe, my camera, and my scope last night. Took the new rig out for a spin today and this is where bugs bunny met his maker. Also shot a magpie but I wasn't set up for him, typical!

 

The camera adapter (pipe and cable tie...) is about 5.5 inches long, so it's a pain considering the camera is at the end of that, and I need to shoot looking through the camera, so I couldn't get my shoulder to the gun, therefore arranging things is slightly gammy!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cB71_Jd5_s

 

Noice noggin shot.

 

[gunnery]

looks like a succesful set up but iam a bit confused as to what you actually did when you say you where looking through the camera love to know how you did it thanks gunnery

[JohnGalway]

I've a Panasonic Lumix digital camera, it's not a camcorder - would be easier with a camcorder I reckon. All I did was get some waste waterpipe - the stuff that drains the water away from your sink. I cut a strip out of it along it's length, so I could open it up a bit to put around the scope. Then I cut another piece, shorter, and cut the same out of it so I could put it inside that pipe and use it for a shim for the camera. All I had to do then was get the eye relief and magnification right and I was good to go. So to aim, I was looking into the back of the digital camera at it's screen.

 

But...... This is a much easier way of doing it if you can get the bits and bobs for it: