New dimensions in digiscoping:
Leica announces Digiscoping Adapter for Leica X2

17 September 2012: Leica Camera AG has today announced a new accessory for the Leica X2 – a Digiscoping Adapter that enables the camera to be attached quickly and easily to the Leica APO-Televid 82 and APO-Televid 65 spotting scopes. The combination of premium digital camera technology with the optical excellence of Leica’s spotting scopes ensures impressive, high quality image results when recording birds or other wildlife from long distances.

Leica is the only manufacturer of premium optical systems to offer a complete product portfolio for digiscoping – from cameras and adapters to high-performance spotting scopes. All individual components are designed to be perfectly matched, making assembly extremely easy, and allowing users to capture impressive photos that would otherwise only be possible with special telephoto lenses mounted on premium SLR cameras, for example.

The Leica X2 opens up entirely new dimensions in digiscoping. Together with a professional sensor that is unusually large for a camera in its class, the X2’s superior Leica Elmarit 24 mm f/2.8 ASPH. lens guarantees optimum image quality. Numerous automatic functions ensure extremely simple camera handling, while the 36 mm prime lens (35 mm equivalent) makes it particuarly easy to use in combination with the spotting scope. Taking just a few seconds, the adapter is simply screwed into the filter thread of the Leica X2 and locked in place on the spotting scope eyepiece by means of a setting screw. No other adjustments to the camera are required, and the user can begin taking photographs immediately, ensuring that they do not miss out on rare photographic opportunities.

Pricing and availability
The Leica X2 Digiscoping Adapter is available from September 2012.
The suggested retail price is £100 including VAT.