Digiscope with a sony cybershot? (1 Viewer)

Hi all, i have never digiscoped in my life before but am very interested in it and am trying to scrape bread together to pay for a scope. I have a digital Sony Cybershot camera, 3x zoom and 7.1 megapixels. it was from the year 2004; fairly recent. Could this be used for digiscoping? thanks for the help!

EDIT: the scope i would be using it with is a Swarov. ATS HD 80mm. I was going to get a 20-60 zoom but according to the reviews a 30 is best

Storm-Petrel said:

Hi all, i have never digiscoped in my life before but am very interested in it and am trying to scrape bread together to pay for a scope. I have a digital Sony Cybershot camera, 3x zoom and 7.1 megapixels. it was from the year 2004; fairly recent. Could this be used for digiscoping? thanks for the help!

EDIT: the scope i would be using it with is a Swarov. ATS HD 80mm. I was going to get a 20-60 zoom but according to the reviews a 30 is best

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Hi David,

You should be able to digiscope with that set-up. I have the same scope that you're going to buy, and I use a Sony Cybershot W7. I use the Swarovski digital camera adapter with a Sony adapter ring to mount the camera to the scope. I use the 20-60 zoom because that's what I use for birding. However, for digiscoping I rarely use it higher than x20. With the camera, it's best not to zoom in more than you need to remove the vignetting that you inevitably get when you first put the camera to the scope.

The Sony cameras have their faults, but then again none of the more recent cameras from other manufacturers is perfect for digiscoping. As a start in digiscoping, your set-up will do fine. They key thing is to know your camera well and to practise, practise, practise. You'll always keep fewer than you bin.

Good luck,

Malcolm