How to Add a Spotting Scope to a Digital Camera

To get really close with a digital camera, try using a zoom eyepiece. Commonly known as a spotting scope, these adapters for your name brand digital camera will really work when you need to get up close and personal. These scopes begin at a relatively low price and increase greatly as the quality goes up.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Digital camera

1. Try the ScopeTronix 1.25 with a Nikon digital camera. It has a great price, good optics, rubber eyeguard and comes threaded for use with filters. The mountings and mechanics of this generation of camera equipment is truly state of the art. You can assemble the adapter, camera and eyeguard with ease by following the manufacturer's instructions.

2. Pull off the eyeguard (made of rubber for easy handling), slip on the adapter you choose and tighten the thumbscrews. Many of the Nikon Cameras (800, 900, 990, 995 and 4500) use a 28mm adapter.

3. Use a top of the line Kowa spotting scope to capture the true image you're looking for in your photograph. Used with the TSN DA-1 adapter, you have a very easy-to- use assembly. Just connect the attachment with a screw lock in a flash. You'll like the Sky and Earth adapter with Nikon digital cameras and 60 or 80 mm scopes.

4. Buy the best and check into the greatest brands available for professional grade digital camera spotting scopes. They are Yukon, Nikon and Bushnell. Moving from one to the other, you get brighter images as you step up in aperture. Of course, the price goes up as well.

5. Come back to earth, now. You might want to try a cheaper version first. You will learn with less expense and pain than if you got a professional grade scope and had to deal with payments while you were learning to love it.

Resources

• Scopetronics has a spotting scope for your digital camera.
• BH Photo Video has great choices of digital camera spotting scopes.