Not sure where best to put this but thought I'd start in here.
Firstly, I'm a Nikon man, so Nikon only discussion on this one I'm afraid!
Where we live, we get a superb variety of birds in our garden from sparrows, swallows, woodpeckers, finches, nuthatches, to Buzzards, Partridge and Pheasant and my monthly bird food spend has now passed my beer spend!
I can spend hours just watching them and taking the few odd photo's or just sitting with my pair of binoculars.
I bought a cheap spotting scope from Jessops last year but the glass is awful to be fair and have started hunting for a decent spotting scope and I came across a few nice Nikon ones.
http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-nikon-fieldscope-ed82-angled-spotting-scope-body/p1002436
I then noticed these (and I will admit, I didn't realise you could get adaptors to use the spotting scopes as lenses)
http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-nikon-fieldscope-digital-slr-attachment-fsa-l1/p1005528
and basically was wondering how this set up actually stands up as a decent lens alternative? My normal lens would be a Nikon AF VR 80-400mm ED f4.5-5.6D.
Firstly, I'm a Nikon man, so Nikon only discussion on this one I'm afraid!
Where we live, we get a superb variety of birds in our garden from sparrows, swallows, woodpeckers, finches, nuthatches, to Buzzards, Partridge and Pheasant and my monthly bird food spend has now passed my beer spend!
I can spend hours just watching them and taking the few odd photo's or just sitting with my pair of binoculars.
I bought a cheap spotting scope from Jessops last year but the glass is awful to be fair and have started hunting for a decent spotting scope and I came across a few nice Nikon ones.
http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-nikon-fieldscope-ed82-angled-spotting-scope-body/p1002436
I then noticed these (and I will admit, I didn't realise you could get adaptors to use the spotting scopes as lenses)
http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-nikon-fieldscope-digital-slr-attachment-fsa-l1/p1005528
and basically was wondering how this set up actually stands up as a decent lens alternative? My normal lens would be a Nikon AF VR 80-400mm ED f4.5-5.6D.