PORTABLE SPY SCOPE

TURN YOUR CELLPHONE INTO A HIGH-POWER DIGISCOPE.

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BY ERIC ROSENTHAL

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I’M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP: Zoom in on distant subjects with this simple set-up.

Photograph by Garry McLeod

Digiscoping is the process of coupling a digital camera to a spotting scope to photograph distant subjects. Digiscopes are popular with hunters and birdwatchers. By shooting digital photos through a powerful scope, you can produce highly magnified photographs with the same image quality as that of a camera with a 3,000mm–4,000mm focal length lens.

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