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Equipment & Gear => Scopes and Optics => Topic started by: rosscrazyelk on April 13, 2009, 07:38:05 PM

Title: What do you think?
Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 13, 2009, 07:38:05 PM: I am not made of money but I was wondering what you think, I eventually will get a high end scope but til tat day comes I have one of those winchester 20x60 scopes that you can get for $100. Do you think it is a waste of money to get a adapter so I can connect it to my Digital camera?
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: 7mag. on April 13, 2009, 07:40:57 PM: Yes. I started out with that spotter and it doesn't even come close to quality enough to digiscope. You need at least the same quality of glass in your spotter as in your camera.
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 13, 2009, 07:49:59 PM: Yeah well maybe you can lend me yours 7 mag. LOL If I ever get drawn I will need one. But who knows if that will ever happen.
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: 7mag. on April 13, 2009, 07:56:08 PM: We can talk about that if you get drawn. :IBCOOL: Seriously, spotters are frustrating. You really need to spend money to get quality. For some reason, middle of the road just isn't that good. I do hear good things about some of the Nikon spotters for digiscoping, but I haven't had any experience with them.
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: Intruder on April 14, 2009, 08:38:10 AM: Not a lot out there under 300. Nikon and Vortex have some decent stuff in the 300-400 range. That's about as cheap as I've seen for usable quality.
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: columbiaman on April 14, 2009, 03:29:08 PM: you should ask Charles at Zen-ray for his opinion. They have some neat digiscoping adapters on their website

http://www.zen-ray.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=235
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: huntnphool on April 16, 2009, 06:57:09 PM: Hey Ross, if you want to purchase the adaptor you can borrow my scope when I'm not using it, of course the usual "you damage it, you buy it" would apply but I don't have a problem lending it out.
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: 7mag. on April 16, 2009, 07:47:40 PM: I've got a universal adapter from Cabela's, that you can try out to see it you like it. I think I spent $40 or $45 on it.
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: 400out on April 26, 2009, 06:27:09 PM: I bought a Nikon 20 x 60 for $400 great rig with all the accessories I took this picture last fall at over 1/2 mile!
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: stumprat on April 26, 2009, 06:56:40 PM: If your spotter is clear when you look through it then why would it be a waste of money to have the adapter?
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: Ghost1941 on April 26, 2009, 07:30:29 PM: I'm a little lost on what you guys are doing? I have no opinion on the scope just questioning what it is.

From what I gather you guys take spotting scopes and attach a camera to them through an adapter? To what? Magnify the camera? What kind of camera's are these as well, you guy's got me curious now.

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: bobcat on April 26, 2009, 08:01:06 PM: Kowa makes a good spotter at a reasonable price.

Check them out at: http://www.eagleoptics.com/spotting-scopes/kowa

I have the TSN 602.

There is a digital camera adaptor available.

http://www.eagleoptics.com/digital-camera-adapters/kowa/kowa-da-1-digital-camera-adapter

The price on the spotting scopes is generally without the eyepiece. The eyepieces are sold separately. The one I have is the 25x in the long eye relief.
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: 7mag. on April 27, 2009, 03:34:49 PM: Quote from: Ghost1941 on April 26, 2009, 07:30:29 PM
I'm a little lost on what you guys are doing? I have no opinion on the scope just questioning what it is.

From what I gather you guys take spotting scopes and attach a camera to them through an adapter? To what? Magnify the camera? What kind of camera's are these as well, you guy's got me curious now.

Thanks in advance.

I have an adapter for my point and shoot digital camera, so I can attatch it to my spotter. I don't currently have a digital SLR camera, so this way I can still take pictures futher away than I normaly could. Here's and example. This guy is about 600 yards out.
Title: Re: What do you think?
Post by: 7mag. on April 27, 2009, 03:37:23 PM: The pic is a little fuzzy, I think, because of the method I use to resize, but the original looks outstanding.
Title: digiscoping
Post by: ZRS-8x42 on April 27, 2009, 10:13:20 PM: digiscoping is what I enjoy doing. Here are some write-ups I have. I prefer using compact camera.

http://www.zen-ray.com/blog/?p=3

http://www.zen-ray.com/blog/?p=18

I taught a class in Portland Audubon on digiscoping. If you are interested, please let me know so i can forward you some material.