Plane spotting equipment on a budget?

[DeccyB]

is there anyway i can start out plane spotting but on a low budget? what equipment does everyone recommend etc

[tominski]

There’s a topic about it below for a 200$ budget

Plane spotting question I need some advice

I currently have an IPhone 8 and GoPro Hero 7 back, as you may know, the iPhone 8 is good but now good enough for spotting, the GoPro on the other hand has good quality but doesn’t zoom in very far. I might need to buy a new camera that can do video and photos and can zoom in a good amount, the issue is my budget is 200$. So do you know of a good affordable Camera for video and Pics or do you know a lens that can attach to a GoPro? Thanks for the help

Someone much more knowledge than me can help out here with what specific one to choose.

[tominski]

Also what do you mean by “low budget” its quite vague statement. What’s your budget $500? $750?

[DeccyB]

under £400

[AndrewWu]

400 pounds can get you a starter DSLR and a decent telephoto. I’d pair a D3400 with a AF-P 70-300 DX or a T6 with a 55-250 IS STM. I’m not sure what prices look like in Europe but here they both cost the equivalent of around 385 pounds.

[DeccyB]

thank you for the suggestion!

[SkyTrail]

My brain: sayyyy whaaaaa…?

@AndrewWu

I’d pair a D3400 with a AF-P 70-300 DX or a T6 with a 55-250 IS STM

[AndrewWu]

Everyone says that but just plug them into Google, they’ll come up.

[SkyTrail]

Lol Ik… just reading this makes my mind blow up…

imagine saying this to a person who does not know what your talking about

[Robertine]

I used a Canon SX60 HS which is ~400$
But it’s great as it has great quality up close and dies contrail spotting too!
(260x zoom)