Timedrifter,
Thank you for the posting. I appreciate your comments and suggestions.
Yes, that is one interesting difference between the Z750 and the Z1000. The amount of manual control on the Z750 does make it more desirable for digiscoping and I had considered going with it instead...alas too late as the return period was over for the Z1000. The Z1000 does have manual focus control though I have only briefly played with it. Maybe I should experiment further in this case. I have toyed around with setting the focus on Infinity and then just focusing with the focusing knob on the scope itself with limited success. It seems that there are so many options on today's cameras. It takes a great deal of time just experimenting with all of them in a myriad of combinations to see what eventually works best for your setup.
I hope so. I think their line of cameras shows some potential especially if someone more experienced with digiscoping than myself would actually take a crack with one. My setup is fairly restrained by budget. If someone with an 80 mm Pentax, Zeiss, Nikon, etc.. would give one of the Casios a whirl then much better results could probably be achieved. I do not think folks give Casio much thought as they are not typically considered when it comes to digital cameras. The funny thing though is that they actually came out with the first consumer camera back in the '90s.
Thank you for the compliments. I have been trying. Any chance I get I try to at least get out for a bit to take a few shots in the backyard or at one of the local lakes. I hope to go out on a more extended birding excursion tomorrow. With luck I might catch something that is less "run of the mill".
Thank you and I wish you the best with yours. I hope to hear about what you eventually purchase and then would like to see some of your digiscoped pictures. If you get a chance then take a look at the Casio Exilim thread I posted in the Digital Camera section of this forum as well as the Pentax 65 mm and Knight Owl eyepiece thread in the spotting scope forum.
Good luck.