Thread: Spotting Scope Advice

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Yeap.. you know how you notice the differences in glass quality between binos and scopes etc? Those effects are magnified 10 fold in something as large as a spotter. I recently looked at getting a spotter and even the swaro and leica offerings in the $5k range weren't going to do the job any better than a decent camera so I just forked out $800 for a P900 instead. Happy with my choice.

Can you elaborate on that
You meaning a Camera for Zoom ?????????
@Ryan_Songhurst

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Can you elaborate on that
You meaning a Camera for Zoom ?????????
@Ryan_Songhurst

Say at 1000yds+ I just found that at say 60x zoom my camera vs a swaro or leica spotter at 60x zoom I got a lot more detail using the camera plus I could snap a photo and zoom in more and evaluate the animal without having to sit there straining my eyes behind a spotter. Weight saving also as gonna be taking a camera no matter what so why take a spotter too if you can just get a slightly heavier camera that can do both jobs

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Say at 1000yds+ I just found that at say 60x zoom my camera vs a swaro or leica spotter at 60x zoom I got a lot more detail using the camera plus I could snap a photo and zoom in more and evaluate the animal without having to sit there straining my eyes behind a spotter. Weight saving also as gonna be taking a camera no matter what so why take a spotter too if you can just get a slightly heavier camera that can do both jobs

Not to mention the cost !!!!
Interesting - to say the least