Do you have Digiscoping experience?

I’m considering making an investment into a new spotting scope and I want to be able to take pictures and perhaps video through it via a video camera. Does anyone here have any experience and would be able to offer their opinion on what to look for in a spotting scope as it relates to digiscoping/videoscoping (eye piece relief, aperture diameter, lens diameter etc..)?

What features should you look for in a digital camera or a video camera (to prevent vignetting, focus/autofocus, shutter speed, composing, zoom capability, etc…) ?

Any opinion on adapters/mount systems?

I’ve been doing a lot of research and reading mainly on bird forums but I was hoping to gain some additional insight from a hunter that utilizes digiscoping as a hunting tool.

I bought an attachment for $44.00 from Cableas and it works good with my Nikon Spotting Scope and Digital Still Camera!

Is it absolutely the perfect deal??? No it’s not, but I’m a Hunter not a photographer! It does the job I need and allows me to scout and to take picutres of certian bucks to help me acknowledge them, study them and see certain travel routes of them from a safe distance! I have used one in ND for a few years and just got my own here!

Looking forward to taking some pics soon!

Gonna have to look into that attachment. I’ve just put the camera up to the spotter eye piece and taken pictures. Half turn out good the other half suck.

Whatever camera you go with, I’d make sure that it has some sort of remote shutter button, either wireless or cable style. Any sort of movement (e.g. pressing the shutter button on the camera itself) is going to throw off image clarity.

Good luck!

Dont get the cheap “any model use” brackets. I have a nikon prostaff scope and the cheap bracket and wish i would of got the fieldscope that has the specific bracket.

Buy a scope that has a bracket that fits the specific scope. Also use a camera that has a remote shutter or cable as like stated before.

A fixed eyepiece will take the best pictures but if its just for scouting the regular one will be just fine, you will just get a black circle around the outside of the picture.