I've tested the
Nikon Coolpix
5400 for about a week, and there's nothing much to say about
this camera. It's not suitable for
digiscoping
.
The
Coolpix
5400 is vignetting over the whole zoom-range when combined to the
Swarovski 80HD
Scope.
The pictures I shot through this camera (combined to the scope) were all very soft.
And there was much ISO-Noise in the pics (maybe caused by the very small 5MP CCD). So we have
to wait, what Nikon will release next. Hopefully a digiscoping-friendly camera again...
Nikon, please do us birders the favour :-)) !
Your earlier cameras were so fantastic for
digiscoping
... Why not continue the swivel-design ??
Later Nikon announced the
Nikon Coolpix 8400
, which was and is (2014) my favourite
digiscoping
camera so far. You can get it used very cheap.
If you want to buy a camera like the
Nikon Coolpix 8400 for only about $50, a scope or just even other things, you can support me keeping this website online when you use
this link to Amazon and then buy your camera or anything else there :
Nikon Coolpix 8400
Thank you for your help :-) !
Article from Somewhere in 2006