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  • WartHog
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 4639

    Filming Video through Spotting Scope

    Will be going on a NorCal Ground Squirrel vaporizing vacation next month and I'd like to film some 40grain V-Max action! Actually just ordered a $250 Canon Vixia HD Camcorder from Costco but am thinking of returning it as I don't think it would get much use otherwise. I'm thinking spending the $ on a good Spotting Scope makes much better sense.

    In looking at Spotting Scopes, I saw Vortex includes a gadget with some of their scopes called the Phone Skope. It allows one to attach a Smartphone to a spotting or rifle scope and use the phones camera to record video or take photos. Quality of the video would depend greatly on both the scope and the phone's camera. So, does anyone have experience with this Phone Skope adapter?

    On a spotting scope in the $500 range, what is there worth considering besides the Vortex Diamondback? My use besides this search & destroy mission would be for range use out to 600-800yds max, looking at wildlife, in hot neighbors windows, etc.
    Originally posted by Sierra57
    Civil War 2.0 - If it comes to pass, the America-hating Leftists will have brought it upon themselves. I value Freedom more than their sorry lives and the form of Governance they espouse, which offers no Freedom and complete servitude to the State.
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    castgold
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2012
    • 1531

    If you are attaching a smart phone to the eyepiece, I'd get a straight spotting scope because the angled ones make it hard for the phone adapters to stay still, as they have a tendency to drift downward with gravity.

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      Jesse 2
      Member
      • Dec 2017
      • 208

      Last edited by Jesse 2; 08-24-2019, 8:56 AM.

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      • #4
        WartHog
        Veteran Member
        • Jan 2012
        • 4639

        Yeah, the camera on my crappy Windows phone sucks so I'd need to buy something used with a much better camera or maybe a GoPro Hero 4/5.
        Originally posted by Sierra57
        Civil War 2.0 - If it comes to pass, the America-hating Leftists will have brought it upon themselves. I value Freedom more than their sorry lives and the form of Governance they espouse, which offers no Freedom and complete servitude to the State.
        "We have four boxes with which to defend our Freedoms: the Soap box, the Ballot box, the Jury box, and the Cartridge box" - Ed Howdershelt

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