A good digiscoping camera?

[Bill19]

Hi all, for christmas i got my first field scope mainly for birding, a camlink one, so fairly cheap and cheerful! But it does the job so its good enough for me. but i would like to have a go at digiscoping, mainly for bird ID needs and such, nut so much for serious photography, but would still like a decent compact camera to use for it. SO far I have looked at the Fuji FinePix F80EXR camera, because its just below my max price range (£15) and i think has the same sensor my bigger camera (fuji s200exr) has, and I am fairly happy with that, it can shoot manually, so presumably I can choose the ISO, and and its a decent zoom on it to get rid of as much vignetting as possible.
I just want to know if there is any better options out there? Cheaper but just as good? Or just better performers?

thanks for reading and answering my ramblings
Bill

 

[michael23]

hi, the 10x zoom will not help, I would recommend the panasonic fs10, which at this price is a bargain. Its a great camera with great iq, opticron also include this camera in there digiscoping kits. I have used it my self at the rutland bird fair, and was very impressed.
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/panaso...ct-digital-camera-04833941-pdt.html?srcid=198

Do check it with your scope and eyepiece though, what is ideal for 1 scope may not be ok for another.

Hope this helps.
Michael

EDIT: Take a look here for digiscoping adapters. I would say the panasonic and adapter will be around £150 ish.

 

[Bill19]

thanks for the recommendation By the way, why wont the 10 times zoom not help?

 

[michael23]

I am not sure of all the technical side tbh, Its usually down to the diameter of the lens being wider, but it may be worth checking to see if it would work with the f80. Also the other problem would be shutter speeds being lower with a slower maximum aperture.

 

[Bill19]

OK I will see if i can take my scope to jessops or something and try out some cameras..

 

[michael23]

will be interested to hear what you find,