Can I attach a digital camera to the scope?

There is an increasing requirement for attaching a digital camera to a scope to take pictures of distant objects through the scope. You can achieve this by hand holding the camera, for example, or mounting the camera on a tripod next to the telescope eyepiece, building or buying an adapter to hold the camera over the scope's eyepiece, using a universal camera adapter to attach to the camera lens, or using an eyepiece with built in adapter to attach it directly to the digital camera. Or simply, you can use a digital eyepiece (such as EE301 digital eyepiece/camera) which takes pictures and video footage directly through the scope.
Both the Nipon 26-78x78 compact scope and the Nipon 20-60x70 spotting scope can be fitted with a specially made eyepiece adapter which has a 1.25" (31.75mm) socket as an eyepiece holder. The adapters are CNC precision-machined from aluminium and have a black anodised finish. With this adapter, you can fit a digital eyepiece/camera (please see a separate technical note on "Digital eyepiece for Nipon telescopes/spotting scopes" for details), or fit other optical eyepieces to this scope (both products are available fromNipon Scopes