Um! Please, please, please tell me where?postcardcv said:..............
3. cheaper to start (if you already have a scope) - digiscoping cameras will set you back about £2-300, cheapest dslr with 400mm lens would be ~£800.
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IanF said:Um! Please, please, please tell me where?
Best prices I've found so far are roughly £800 x2 !!!
IanF said:I'd be hard pressed to go birdwatching carrying a DSLR - really I think you'd need to be doing specific photographic minded trips and spending a good deal of time trying to get a lot closer to the birds using hides and fieldcraft.
Ah, to be young and fit again.... actually I was never fitpostcardcv said:If you use a decent camera bag (like a Lowepro rucksac) it is suprisingly easy to carry some fairly weighty camera kit round all day.
Digiscoping and dslr's provide very different opportunities, which is why having finally taken the plunge and got a dslr I still carry my digiscoping camera with me.
John151 said:Thank you Neil, now you have really got me thinking. I already have a 100/400mm IS lens for my 20D. Can I get an eye piece to fit this?
John
IanF said:For me it's down balancing quality v convenience. No doubt about it DSLR's properly used will produce far superior quality photos to digiscoping. Hoever I'd be hard pressed to go birdwatching carrying a DSLR - really I think you'd need to be doing specific photographic minded trips and spending a good deal of time trying to get a lot closer to the birds using hides and fieldcraft.
Digiscoping whilst inferior in quality is more convenient to do as yuo don't have to try to creep up on the birds as much. Even at 30-40 yards though many species can find that a bit too close for comfort.
John151 said:Thank you Jay. Typically I can get within 12 m of the birds I shoot ( sorry photograph) and that seems to be the limit for good quality with my 400 mm IS lens hand held. I am going to Tichwell soon and I don't think the birds are going to be within 12 m and that is why I am thinking about digi-scoping. All good wishes, John