Thread: Spotting scope or camera?

I don't think people are suggesting you will get better results with a zoom camera, just that you can use one instead of carting around a huge spotter in your pack. And the cost is a lot less.

Originally Posted by Shearer

I don't think people are suggesting you will get better results with a zoom camera, just that you can use one instead of carting around a huge spotter in your pack. And the cost is a lot less.

My thinking is binos are for glassing then super zoom camera or spotting scope to assess
Plus is some of the super-zooms have more zoom that the spotter but not waterproof or robust but you can take video or stills
spotting scopes cost silly money generally robust as hell, have better optical performance but you still need to take a camera or video