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    Help - Best Scope Type and Camera Set-up for Oceanside Bluff Home

    Do you have any recommendations for the powered pan/tilt heads and tripod mounts that are going to be good for the P1000 and stable enough for the 120x zoom?
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    Help - Best Scope Type and Camera Set-up for Oceanside Bluff Home

    The security cameras are a good suggestion. I looked into that a bit. It seems that the best options are only about 48x zoom though and 3x-4x the price as a P1000. With the P1000 having 125x zoom, I'm not sure a better option is available, at least in the compact world. List of superzoom compact...
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    Help - Best Scope Type and Camera Set-up for Oceanside Bluff Home

    It seems that’s the big debate these days. Are there any true 3000mm spotting scopes than can easily be interfaced with a camera to take higher res photos/videos than the P1000 can? What’s the price? Is a P1000 better than a spotting scope? Can you get remote mounts for spotting scopes?
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    Help - Best Scope Type and Camera Set-up for Oceanside Bluff Home

    A Nikon P1000 or a 3000mm Spotting scope also seem to be in the wheel house
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    Help - Best Scope Type and Camera Set-up for Oceanside Bluff Home

    After further research, I’m saying the 15 miles is going to be too far with the atmospherically distortion. Realistically, I can see these whales with the naked eye. So maybe I’m going to set my main view goal at 6.5-7 miles. Based on my current findings, I’m seeing that maybe a Celestron C8...
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    Help - Best Scope Type and Camera Set-up for Oceanside Bluff Home

    Hi there! I’ve done a ton of internet browsing on multiple occasions, attempting to answer my question. Unfortunately, I’ve just been going in circles trying to figure out what my best option is. Upon my searches, I’ve been brought to this forum multiple times, so I’d thought I’d just post here...
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