Talk:Digiscoping

message: Should Afocal_projection be merged with this article? -- Anonymous 12:24, 6 June 2006 (GMT)
: done --Marc Lacoste 10:25, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Afocal_projection]] merge 

message: too much redundant information --Marc Lacoste 10:25, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Digiscopy birding]] merge 

message: I think there is a significant problem with the focus of this article.
The term digiscoping arose from the activities of birders and nature photographers.  Astronomers have not typically used the term "digiscoping".  They use the term "afocal projection" or "eyepiece projection" as noted in the article.  Any web search shows that the term "digiscoping" is very closely aligned with terrestrial nature photography and birding using terrestrial type spotting scopes - typically with erecting prisms.  The term has certainl grown into more general use and I have no problem with including a reference to astronomy.  But the priority and emphasis of this page is quite incorrectly skewed.  The connection with astronomy should be secondary, not primary. And it is very odd that the only image posted is one of the moon and not one of a bird.
I'm posting this to give anybody concerned the chance to air an opposing viewpoint.  But I urge you to first do an extensive websearch on the term.  Also check the various online astronomical sources.  "Digiscoping" is not their preferred term.  "Digiscoping" is a rather non-technical term that was invented and promoted in the online birding community.
Wturber 02:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On first glance this article may have no basis for existence on Wikipedia per WP:NEO since it is described as a neologism for afocal photography. After extensive websearching and checking reference I find the term is so ill defined that it can’t even be said that this is afocal photography, re: prime focus photography - DphotoNews's blog - Nikon introduces the Digiscoping System - Fieldscope Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L1. It is simply a buzz word spread through birdwatching internet forums. One member said: “What can be said definitely about digiscoping is that it includes a digi-something and a something-scope.”. I have rewritten this article to broadly describe the “activity” and moved most of the material off to Afocal photography. It may be a case for redirect. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 21:30, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Focus of this article 

message: ARE A MESS!!! We got dead links, blog/forum links, vanity links, links of questionable authority, how-to links, spam links. See WP:EL for what should be linked. What we need are neutral authoritative links describing the activity of Digiscoping, not links telling readers "how to do it", showing off pretty picture, or selling adapters. 70.208.47.44 (talk) 22:02, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: RM'ed links again. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information nor is it a how-to nor is it a directory or external linkfarm WP:INDISCRIMINATE WP:NOTHOWTO WP:NOTDIRECTORY. And blog links fall under WP:ELNO #11, and they still have to be more than just a how-to WP:ELNO #1. Links are here if anyone can find anything encyclopedic in them. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 18:19, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

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