Self-Filming Long Range Hunting

[seidersjoden]

Hi,

There are many lenses out there, anyone have any idea what size I'll need to capture film at 1000y with my DSLR camera.

Im doing this with a canon rebel or Nikon. Many lenses come in 18-55mm, 18-135mm, or 75-300mm? Is the 300 powerful enough for capturing 1000y footage of target shooting and hunting of bullet impact?



Thanks very much fellas
Joden

 

[michaeljp65]

You won't see bullet impact with a 300mm lens. All you will see is the entire target mound with all the targets, and the surrounding trees etc etc. The March 80x scope shows your target frame i think. Your 75-300mm lens is only 4x magnification or there about. That gives you some ideas of the problem you have.

 

[Texas10]

If it's any help, a brief search turned up these; (Note, to get magnification power, divide the lens focal length by 50, i.e. a 200 mm lens is 4x). So for 60X magnification, you'd need a 3000mm lens.

To read about magnification specs of a camera vs a spotting scope, go here:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/guide-birding-long-lenses

Here are a couple of examples
83X optical (about 2000mm or 40X) and 166X dynamic zoom with a $600 Cool Pix P900 camera. Note, the numbers quoted are not the magnification power.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U2W4JEY/?tag=accuratescom-20

https://www.amazon.com/Camera-Lense...ght_browse-bin:6374512011&tag=accuratescom-20


FWIW: I've still got my Minolta SR-3 all manual 35mm SLR film camera (no built in light meter) from half a century ago that still works. No battery to corrode and no electronics to get damaged by water. My how times have changed

 

[wedgy]

Try a digiscoping adapter that allows you to use your camera thru your spotting scope, like in the photo. Search "Nikon digiscoping" (or Canon) on Ebay or Amazon.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...iscoping.TRS0&_nkw=nikon+digiscoping&_sacat=0