Very briefly, anyone able to give a bare minimum budget please, and recommendations, on a decent camera and telephoto lens for detailed long range shots of birds, using a tripod.
The set up would have to match or better a spotting scope with an 80mm objective lens and 20-60x magnification, paired with a basic phone for digiscoping.
Happy to go second hand, in fact would prefer it.
Thanks.
Not sure how you are going to get a 60x magnification lens for a DSLR camera.
See https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Canon-Lens-Magnification-Value.aspx for an explanation...