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Message: <blockquote data-quote="loranfrfr" data-source="post: 1380287" data-attributes="member: 60147">My experience in digibinningI own some Nikon monarch 8*40 and a cheap digital Panasonic camera. I usually take pictures of fast moving, hard to find birds by looking with my right eye through the left eye cup of my binocular, (my left eye is closed), and holding my camera (zoom 3X) in the right eye cup of the binoculars . The camera fits exactly in the eye cup, by the way. If the light is bright, you can get fairly decent pictures (look at my <a href="http://huronriverbirding.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> . By low light, I actually look at the LCD screen of the camera, and try to keep the binoculars as stable as possible, possibly against my knee or a tree.I think this technique is just perfect for birders who wants to document their sighting. The camera is tiny and only takes a few grams (and $) in a pocket. A mediocre picture of an Ivory Billed woodpecker would be much much better than no picture at all!Another good advantage ; the pictures are never going to win any prize, so you don't have to waste your time and energy trying to get THE best shot of the year. You can just observe and watch birds.</blockquote>