[FOX_111]

Like Drake said, unless it's a DSLR with a good lense, you won't have much success snapping pictures that are usable, recon wise.

If you want to carry such a large camera setup, you will need a specialised bag. And it's cumbersome and slow to setup in the field. I know, I tried lugging around my D200 with a 70-300mm objective.

I'd say it's only viable in a milsim, if you are posted on a fixed defence post, behind hard cover and concealement and you will be spending a lot of time there. That way you have the luxury of brigning a lot of crap and having people to distribute it to, if you need to move.

As for binos, I carry a small pair in my "heavy" sniper kit. But I have to take off my gogles to use them. When I do, I'm pretty sure that I won't get shot and I use my hands to cup my eyes to the bino, so if I do get shot, the BBs have no angles to my eyes. Switching back to the gogles is crutial and need to be fast, looking down, to minimise risks. I use ESS ice ballistic glasses, so it's fast.

I use bino when I need a bread FOV and magnification, mainly for survalence or spotting for another sniper. It make seeking his BBs flight easyer.