Digiscoping

[Madelinew]

I've been looking for adaptors for my scope and camera. I have a Nikon RAII spotting scope and a Nikon D50 camera and the attachments I have found tp join the two are way too expensive and out of my budget. Reading reviews and searching suppliers, I seem to be coming to the conclusion that I might as well buy myself a Nikon Coolpix and much cheaper attachment to use instead as these seem to get good rating. My D50 has 6 megapixels and the Nikon L20 has 10 megapixels and is much much lighter as well as giving me the advantage of having a snappy camera I can carry in my pocket. At present, the scope and tripod alone are difficult to cart around (I got a very solid tripod after disastrous attempts to view a fulmar colony in strong winds on the Isle of Skye). Add the D50 and attachments to the mix and I'm struggling (being the weak and feeble object that I am).

So - how do I search for examples of pics taken with a Coolpix L20 and scope to guage the quality and do those with experience recommend this is the way for me to go?

[Madelinew]

Are these adaptors any good? I really don't know what I'm doing and am certainly not looking for professional levels of photography but I do have a good eye for a decent shot and my husband is even better. Another thing I'd like to use it for is times when I struggle to identify something clearly. A photo and appropriate website comparison would be helpful. I've used that method to idenitfy a whale pod in the past and could have done with a long range photo of the Great Northern Diver it took almost a week to id last year before I was certain it wasn't just wishful thinking on my part.

Universal Digiscoping adapters