I have used the SLR camera mount a couple of times and it securely holds the camera to my scope which is what I wanted and expected so it does a good job at what it is supposed to do.
Digiscoping even with this mount is challenging so you should be aware of the following issues:
Something that I had been warned about and expected is that mounting anything so far from the center of the tripod makes it very sensitive to vibrations so you really want a remote trigger on the camera as well. I haven't yet gotten around to buying one of those so I can't say how much it improves the problem, but it seemed like it would quite a bit. I could get a very still image in good focus, but the act of pushing the button on the camera to take the shot caused problematic vibrations. A remote trigger should solve this problem.
The only other thing is that autofocus does not work with digi-scoping so that makes it more challenging than most new SLRs alone.
I also suspect that I don't have the best lens for digiscoping. You need a relatively small lens if you have a big SLR camera, and I am sure some lenses work a lot better than others.
If you are set on digiscoping with a Swarovski scope and a SLR camera, I think this is the best option I have seen, but be aware that you won't be able to take this out of the box and immediately start taking great pictures unless you already have a lot of digiscoping experience. There is definitely a learning curve to the art of digiscoping.
So the mount is good, but I haven't mastered the art yet so I can't say that I have been happy with the pictures I have taken. I think it is very possible to get good shots with this mount, but the mount alone won't do it. That's not really its job though.
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