Thread: Best zoom camera for hunting trips

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

If just for long range, a magview on your spotter and cell phone take some beating.

I have a mint Swaro scope, CTS 85. That weighs almost 2 kg. My Nikon weighs 600 gramm.
For the scope I would need a cellphone adapter which costs around 500 Kiwi-Dollar
and it cant take immages.So all in all a spotting scope is not an option for me anymore.
I‘m definately looking into a new camera.

Originally Posted by littlemorepork

I have a mint Swaro scope, CTS 85. That weighs almost 2 kg. My Nikon weighs 600 gramm.
For the scope I would need a cellphone adapter which costs around 500 Kiwi-Dollar
and it cant take immages.So all in all a spotting scope is not an option for me anymore.
I‘m definately looking into a new camera.

Not trying to change your mind, but in my situation I'm already carrying a spotter and phone.
Magview adaptor is $400, or less if sourced offshore.
An extra six or so hundred grams for a camera doesn't make sense to me. Especially with the quality of most phone cameras now.
One really good feature of the Mag view is it is a very good lense cover. Way better than the crappy little rubber cup that comes with the spotter.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

Not trying to change your mind, but in my situation I'm already carrying a spotter and phone.
Magview adaptor is $400, or less if sourced offshore.
An extra six or so hundred grams for a camera doesn't make sense to me. Especially with the quality of most phone cameras now.
One really good feature of the Mag view is it is a very good lense cover. Way better than the crappy little rubber cup that comes with the spotter.

@7mmwsm
Thanks for your input. I never carried both. It was either the spotter or the camera. A spotter is too heavy for me to carry around all day. A camera is much lighter and smaller and can still be used as kind of spotter. So the idea was to go for a camera with higher magnification.