Thread: Delta titanium vs nikon p1000

Have managed to save up enough to upgrade some optics and looking for some advice.

Having never used a superzoom camera out in the hills I don't know their full pros/cons.
I understand that cameras are lighter but then you have to deal with fragility and charging batteries, where as the spotters will be heavier but more robust. I also like that I can use my phone screen on the spotter (something I carry anyway) and get a better picture than the camera screen, however for the price the p1000 seems to have a longer range on it.
I have seen p1000's going for around $1400 and the delta spotter is $1200.

Anyone used both of these and can provide some insight? Also open to other suggestions.

Thanks

No comment on brand but i went from spotter to p900 now back to spotter

I have both a Camera (Cannon SX70) and a spotter and apart from 4wd trips, the spotter tends to get left behind these days. My batterys last for ages, just did 7 days in Fiordland without using the spares. To be fair, we didn't see alot of animals to assess, but I still took photos of everthing else. We had like 200ml of rain and it survived, I carried it in a dry bag.

Used camera for years,gone to spotter now(Swarovski).Wouldn’t go back to camera again.Low light assessing animals spotters are elite.Can’t use cameras in wet weather.

Go the spotter & buy a phonescope kit and then you can get that extra bit of zoom in on your phone. Take a pic & enlarge it or take a video and watch it over as many times as you like to gauge the animal quality.

Just the feedback I was after, thanks all!