All bird images were taken by Jerry Eisner, MD through a Tele Vue-76 and various digital cameras (Nikon Coolpix 995 or 4500 and Olympus C-7070WZ). The camera's optical zoom was used to frame the image.

The long eye-relief designed into many of Tele Vue's eyepieces allows for afocal imaging with minimum vignetting. This system of "afocal" imaging is a convenient way to take telephoto images with cameras that have non-interchangeable lenses.

Dr. Eisner praises the apochromatic quality of the TV-76: "It takes an apochromatic scope to achieve the best color correction in digital pictures, ... ." He also compliments the light weight of the TV-76 in the field.

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  Tele Vue-76 APO

TV-76 APO shown with optional 2" model 90° diagonal, 2" to 1¼" adapter, and 1¼" eyepiece. [click image for enlargement]

Tele Vue-76 APO

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