It was a pleasure to digiscope with the little 120 gram Lumix FH-1 this afternoon, a fraction of the weight of even a 4/3 camera, and no shutter vibration.     Spot-on one click white balance, fast and accurate auto focus behind a scope, and a nice integral screw-on attachment directly to the top threads of a  Baader Hyperion 21mm  eyepiece.   The eyepiece and camera zoom gave me a nice adjustable field at 40 feet.    A cloudy day gave soft tones without harsh shadows. 

Below are a couple of  shots of a dove and English sparrow at 40 feet.  80ED Orion OTA scope.   Click on view for larger size. 

I prefer this prior model camera over the current FH-2.   Typical used costs are now about $50.     

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The camera body threads are added and the eyepiece attached as described as follows: 

A 46  to 48mm step up ring is epoxy bonded over the self centering extension on the camera body.  A standard LX-5 extension tube screws onto the ring.   I then adapt the extension tube to the upper threads of the Hyperion eyepieces with a 52 to 54mm filter ring.    Of course the standard astro 1 1/4 diameter Hyperion eyepieces fit the Celestron and several other scopes.  They digiscope fine with the camera, after less than 10% zoom.   With this spacing the distance from the camera body to the front of the eyepiece is   30mm.     Gene 
 
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