Digiscoping Spotting Scopes & Accessories

Zeiss PhotoScope 85 T FL

The hot NEW diascope from Zeiss with digital camera built in — my review is coming soon!

Tips for Birding using a Spotting Scope

A spotting scope will widen your horizon for most bird watching. You can see a bird more clearly with spotting scope. All of us know that sometimes we need more than the usual 7x to 10x binoculars to locate those rare species of bird which we missed otherwise. However, it is not only used for [...]

How-to pick a Spotting Scope for Birding

There are many kinds of scopes available. Birding spotting scopes come with many features and its price generally ranges from $100 to $2,000. The costlier ones are characterized by large objective lens and special coated optics.
While purchasing a spotting scope, one should consider many factors. The factors include: the objective lens’ size, alignment of the [...]

Digiscoping 101

Digiscoping
is a combination of the words digi and scoping wherein digi comes from digital cameras and scoping comes from spotting scopes.

Have you ever tried taking a picture by placing a digital camera in front of the spotting scope eyepiece?
Not yet? Try it! It has a great advantage over the normal bird spotting scope.
Let [...]