Digiscoping camera for Swarovski ATS 65 (1 Viewer)

[Lym]

I have a Swarovski ATS 65 HD with a fixed 30x eyepiece which I've occasionally used for digiscoping with a Fuji V10 and home-made adapter ring to hold it in place. The V10 has now completely failed and I'm looking to buy a replacement camera that will work better with the scope/eyepiece.

The favourite at the moment is a Canon IXUS 980 IS (also called SD990 IS), but I'm also considering Nikon Coolpix P5100 (difficult to find except on ebay) and Sony Cyber-shot W300.

I've searched through the threads on this forum and seen the good reports of the P5100 and the W300 but less on the 980. Has anyone had experience of the ATS 65/30x with any of these 3 cameras or could anyone comment on which would be most successful?

Thanks.

 

[rockfowl]

I've been using the P5100 on the Swarovski ATS 65 HD for some time now and am rather happy with the results. Very easy to use with a good screen though I use a digishield to aid focussing.

 

[jason stannage]

The p5100 is a great camera you should get one on e-bay for around £100-£160 :t:

 

[digiscope09]

Camera for Swarovski ATS 65 HD with fixed 30x eyepiece.

I have a Swarovski ATS 65 HD with a fixed 30x eyepiece which I've occasionally used for digiscoping with a Fuji V10 and home-made adapter ring to hold it in place. The V10 has now completely failed and I'm looking to buy a replacement camera that will work better with the scope/eyepiece.

The favourite at the moment is a Canon IXUS 980 IS (also called SD990 IS), but I'm also considering Nikon Coolpix P5100 (difficult to find except on ebay) and Sony Cyber-shot W300.

I've searched through the threads on this forum and seen the good reports of the P5100 and the W300 but less on the 980. Has anyone had experience of the ATS 65/30x with any of these 3 cameras or could anyone comment on which would be most successful?

Thanks.

I have recently purchased a Ricoh GX200 and the optional lens hood which slides nicely into a poly or aluminium tube of slightly larger diameter and rests against the rubber eyepiece ring. Because the lens hood is slightly longer than the lens zoom, the lens cannot touch the glass eyepiece. If the hood is too long, it can easily trimmed off with a fine saw blade. Vignetting disappears at minimal zoom

The GX200 is an alternative to the Nikon P6000. I am very happy with it. Very light and has lots of options/flexibility. Only quirk is that the zoom lens works in reverse to most cameras ie when at full zoom, the lens is further away from the spotting scope eyepiece than the other way around.

Purchased out of Hong Kong with 18 month door to door warranty.

Finno