>>1148488>Nikon P900Keep in mind that there's optical zoom and digital "zoom". Digital zoom isn't zooming. It is blowing up the pixels to make them larger. The Coolpix lines of cameras have that. You can hold the lever to zoom in optically and it will stop, hold it again and it will digital "zoom", but doing that makes the image ugly and messy. Don't use digital zoom since you can do that on your PC easily.
>>1148492FYI, they make adapters to attach a DSLR to a spotting scope or telescope.
>I've only ever used point and shootsI recommend getting a DSLR and some lenses. They open up an entirely new world.
>it wouldn't surprise me they try to bamboozle you with zoom by changing the valuesThat is basically what is happening, you really need to watch the terminology as I state above. Just don't use the digital portion of it. You should be able to hear the zoom motor stop, just stop holding the lever/button down at that point.
>Your moon looks like how I used to watch scrambled porn on HBO 15 years ago.lol Taking photos of the moon with 2 tripods to hold everything up and holding stuff by hand while the moon is zooming past your lens is pretty crazy. I'd love to have a proper setup.
>resized this image 