evandaalen
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This is my first message to this forum, so let me please introduce myself. My name is Edvar van Daalen and I'm from The Netherlands. Since one year, I have a Nikon Coolpix 995, which I REALLY like. My biggest hobby is Ferrari, and with my Nikon I managed to take some very nice pictures. In case you're interested in this, please check http://www.red-headed.com or go to http://community.webshots.com/user/evandaalen.
Anyway, I recently went to the Oostvaardersplassen, a great place to spot special birds. Of course, my Nikon (even with 2x converter) wasn't good enough to take some nice pictures. I now decided that I want to do more with nature, birding and photography and when I read about digiscoping, I almost was in heaven. This technique looks so interesting that I certainly want to do this!
As I'm not a experienced birdspotter (yet), I don't have a scope. So, I'm looking for a scope with a zoom (20-60 or so) which is VERY GOOD to take pictures with. I've visited most websites about this topic (incl. this nice forum) and found out that the Swarovski, Leica and Zeiss are the best. The problem is, that those scope are quite expensive. I've also seen some nice cheaper scopes, for example from Kowa. My question: are the cheaper scopes good enough to take nice pictures or not?
I don't want a scope which results in unsharp pictures, bad colour, long exposure times or "purple" borders. If you rate pics with a Swarovski as "9 out of 10", I certainly want to have "8 out of 10". I don't want to have less.
So, are scopes with a price between $500 and $1000 (incl. zoom) good enough to take good pictures? Or should I be smart to just go for the Swarovski or Leica? What about (for example) the KOWA series (non-Fluorite/ED)?
Opinions about those "cheaper" scopes would be appreciated a lot!
Best regards, Edvar van Daalen
Anyway, I recently went to the Oostvaardersplassen, a great place to spot special birds. Of course, my Nikon (even with 2x converter) wasn't good enough to take some nice pictures. I now decided that I want to do more with nature, birding and photography and when I read about digiscoping, I almost was in heaven. This technique looks so interesting that I certainly want to do this!
As I'm not a experienced birdspotter (yet), I don't have a scope. So, I'm looking for a scope with a zoom (20-60 or so) which is VERY GOOD to take pictures with. I've visited most websites about this topic (incl. this nice forum) and found out that the Swarovski, Leica and Zeiss are the best. The problem is, that those scope are quite expensive. I've also seen some nice cheaper scopes, for example from Kowa. My question: are the cheaper scopes good enough to take nice pictures or not?
I don't want a scope which results in unsharp pictures, bad colour, long exposure times or "purple" borders. If you rate pics with a Swarovski as "9 out of 10", I certainly want to have "8 out of 10". I don't want to have less.
So, are scopes with a price between $500 and $1000 (incl. zoom) good enough to take good pictures? Or should I be smart to just go for the Swarovski or Leica? What about (for example) the KOWA series (non-Fluorite/ED)?
Opinions about those "cheaper" scopes would be appreciated a lot!
Best regards, Edvar van Daalen