Of course! The adapter is arriving today, hopefully someone will be in to collect it for me :) If I need any advice on anything I'll send you an inbox! Thanks :D

Beth, I used 'photoshop' as a general term. Other photo-manipulation programmes are available (!!!). Everyone has their favourite. When shooting through a scope most pictures can be improved with a tweak of the brightness/contrast too, just to bring back the slight loss of brightness when shooting through a 'tube' not designed specifically as a camera lens and having different optical qualities from a true lens. Sure that you are on the right track, if you need any help I am here at the end of an inbox! I do teach digiscoping & have been doing it for over 10 years, having had lots of experience & having gleaned knowledge from top digiscopers & computer programmers over the years to work out how to get the best out of the hobby. If you look at the current (Sept) issue of Bird Watching Magazine I have 2 pictures in the UKBS section, Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham & King Eider Ythan Estuary. Both taken with a primitive 4 megapixel compact digital camera attached to an old Leica APO 77 scope. So with your better equipment the world is your oyster

Photoshop is a good option for bringing out colours, features and such. Is that mostly what you would use it for? I don't like to edit the photos too much but I understand it can help to a certain degree. I'm very familiar with the program as I used it often over my time at university doing my BA :) I will try this scope adapter out when it gets here! Thanks for the help :D

Sorry missed this post, thanks for the plug Mike

Good luck Beth, if you need any further advice please inbox me Photoshop techniques can be important too to get the best out of your pics, so I would be pleased to help on that too as I was originally advised/taught by a computer 'geek' lol

I've ordered an adapter for my Canon, I'll try it out on a scope when it gets here - and hopefully it works well!

Thanks :)

I am sure other people would also recommend getting in touch with Paul or Yvonne at Focalpoint for advice. Paul gets photos published all the time, using a scope.

If you are on a budget I think digiscoping is an excellent idea, cos you get a scope AND a lens .Focalpoint have a very good scope, the acuter, for under £200 - I bought one and it is great. You can fit your Canon to it through a screw fitting adaptor (bought separately) or do what I and lots of others so - use your phone.... I am still working on this but over weekend got full frame shots of Great White Egret at 200m

Mike

Hi all,
Looking for advice from the photographers out there.
I'm new to the game, been using my kit:
Canon EOS 1100D with a 70-300mm lens for around 2 years now.

It's pretty good at certain distances and but I'd like to be able to get better shots of those birds which are just too far away for my current lens.
I'm not looking for overly spectacular shots, just so you can actually tell what the bird is, as I like to keep a photo list of what I've seen.

I recently graduated from university and therefore I have little money and can't afford one of these 'thousands of pounds' camera lenses just yet.
I was thinking a good, cheaper option for me maybe to buy a scope adapter.

Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Beth :)