Being an avid photographer myself, I don’t’ think you will be impressed with the pictures taken through a spotter’s scope.
Those lenses are designed for the human eye and not a camera. For one, they will not be full frame but like you see in the movies with a dark area around the picture. I would be more in favor of selling or trading up my camera that did not have interchangeable lenses for one I could put on a wide angle, zoom or telephoto photo lens of my choosing. My favorite lens is the 80-300mm zoom. Good for most of my shots at the races. My friend has a Canon, or should I say canon 1000mm he uses. Talk about close and personnel. You must use a tripod as any camera movement is amplified and shows up in the print. Very hard to carry around in a back pack.
In looking at the specs for your camera, I did notice that you can get a lens converter that brings you 1.5 times closer. Not a lot but helps. Check it out.
See if you can find a place locally that has this spotter scope so you can try before you buy.
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Originally posted by Walks On Water: Being an avid photographer myself, I don’t’ think you will be impressed with the pictures taken through a spotter’s scope.
Those lenses are designed for the human eye and not a camera. For one, they will not be full frame but like you see in the movies with a dark area around the picture. I would be more in favor of selling or trading up my camera that did not have interchangeable lenses for one I could put on a wide angle, zoom or telephoto photo lens of my choosing. My favorite lens is the 80-300mm zoom. Good for most of my shots at the races. My friend has a Canon, or should I say canon 1000mm he uses. Talk about close and personnel. You must use a tripod as any camera movement is amplified and shows up in the print. Very hard to carry around in a back pack.
In looking at the specs for your camera, I did notice that you can get a lens converter that brings you 1.5 times closer. Not a lot but helps. Check it out.
See if you can find a place locally that has this spotter scope so you can try before you buy.
I actually have a few different lenses for my current camera. I've just been looking for additional lenses and things that will let me take photos of wildlife at a large distance. I'm also looking into getting other higher end cameras. I will keep looking into these things. (I've started to realize that a spotting scope might be too much to carry in a back-pack when I've got to carry other things, too.)
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