Nikon Fieldscope EDG 65 and FSA-L2 adapter with D3

20th - 21st July 2009

Tested the new Nikon Fieldscope EDG 65 with digital photo adapter FSA-L2 connected on Nikon D3 courtesy from Tee of Nikon Malaysia.

Mounted on Manfrotto 501 video head.

The range of the FSA-L2 starts from 400mm to 1650mm with aperture from f5.6-f22 and manual focus. Shooting with FX body, there is a vignetting at 400mm and disappeared at 750mm.

Some of the sample digiscoped from a recent trip at Kinabatangan River and Rainforest Discovery Centre. Shooting between 1600 to 2500 ISO.

Pied Fantail.

Brown Barbet.

Ruddy Kingfisher - Uncommon species in Borneo.

White-fronted Falconet - Another Bornean endemic.

Blue-eared Barbet nesting.

Monitor Lizard.

Long-tailed Macaque.

Proboscis Monkey - Endemic to Borneo.

Red Giant Flying Squirrel in flight !

Freshwater Crocodile digiscoped from the restaurant.


Cede at the back with Tee, Irene and Kim cruising along Kinabatangan River.


Tee with EDG 85 and Coolpix P5100, and Cede with his Nikon 500mm VR and middle is the EDG 63 and D3.

The new scopes from Nikon is one of the best scopes I have tested against with my current ED82 and ED50.

My only concern with the scope is the weight are over 2kg for the EDG 85. Other than that, I'm impressed with sharpness, colour renditions and brightness of this scopes and the new wide zoom eyepiece.

The game has just begun from Nikon for their competitors !