Comparison between Digiscoping Cameras Nikon Coolpix 990,995,4500,5000,5400,8400

Which camera is best for digiscoping ? This question arrives me almost every week. And I really can't give an objective answer. I only can say, that for me the Nikon Coolpix 990 is best.
Other digiscopers have made totally different experiences.
I've seen so many fantastic shots taken with a Nikon Coolpix 4500 in the web, but I was not able to get many good shots with this camera.
Also I've seen so many fantastic pictures taken with a Nikon Coolpix 995. Ok, my pics were not bad, but for me the 990 works much better. So please take this comparison not as an objective competition between these cameras. It's totally subjectice, and all pics shown here are all made under different conditions and circumstances.
So please, form your own opinion.

Some pictures for comparison. I used average results :

As you can see, the Coolpix 990 brings out details perfectly. The focus works good in most situations. Colours come out very authentic. In bad light colours often comes out a little bit cold.



The Coolpix 995 is ok for digiscoping. Sharpness can be good, but focus misses the subject quite often. The 990 is the better choice. In backlight chromatic abberations appear heavily.



All my images taken with the Coolpix 4500 came out a little bit soft. The focus failed very often. I was not very happy with this camera.



Great colours, almost no details when the distance is too great. At low distance (for example when you photograph out of a hide, with the bird about 7 metres far away) the results are good, and the pics show great details.
I've heard of other digiscopers, that didn't have that kind of problem, and again others only get worse shots, equal from which distance. I don't know why.



Just for comparison : This photo is not digiscoped, it is taken with a digital SLR camera, Canon EOS D60, an 1,4x teleconverter and a 300mm L IS USM lens. The resulting focal length is 672mm. The details come out great, the focus works very fast and precise. To name a disadvantage : In bad light conditions the vibrations of the SLR-mechanism cause vibration-blur to the pics. So, this one's only good for perfect light... But then it works great.


All pics shown here are just resized. There's no photoshop work done to them. The crops in the pictures are just from the original pic. No resizing, no optimizing.
For me, the Coolpix 990 is the winner. But I recommend you, to read other articles about the differnet cameras, cause my experiences are often a bit different from others. Don't ask me why.

So make your own choice...
... and happy digiscoping...

By the way, my choice for the future will be a Canon EOS 7 D Mark II (fantastic camera) together with a 400mm 2,8 L IS USM when photographing with DSLR and I stay with the old Nikon Coolpix 8400 combined to a Kowa spotting scope when digiscoping.

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