Spotting scopes

Digiscoping: photos through your spotting scope

Our verdictA phone adapter and a remote shutter turn any good scope into a long telephoto lens for record shots.

Digiscoping means photographing through a spotting scope. With a phone held in a simple adapter, you can get record shots of distant waders, ducks and raptors that a normal camera lens could never reach.

Keep the scope on a solid tripod, avoid touching the phone when you take the picture, and shoot several frames: small movements blur more than you expect at such high magnification.