[dafi]

I have been digiscopeing for the last threeyears and enjoying it heaps. The gear i use is realy basic. I use a 2mp kodakcx6230 shooting thru a tasco 15to45 x 50 scope. The scope is one of the strait thru type.The tasco gives verry little ca compered to my bigger 45degree scope although i only use the mag up to 30x or so. The camera is set on macro and i use one or more times mag to frame my subject. Most of my digi scopeing is of birds and my quick release plate is bolted to my tripod head for security[after several close calls and one expensive acident]. This is quite limiting in the field . When i need to use the better scope. So i think this maybe the time to change to a dslr. However my problem is that i know nothing about dslr's and need some advice. Could some one tell me what lens size would be equivalent to the mag of my scope?. Recomend a camera body that would serve a total beginer. Bearing in mind that cost is a serious issue to me.Any other relevant advice would be verry welcome as well.Thanks Daf