Digiscoping and adapters for Smart phones.

[Heym SR20]

Looking for advice please on good tough adapters so can use my iPhone to take pictures with my spotting scope. I have a Kowa 75mm objective lense with a 32x eyepiece.

i do have one for use with nikon DSLR but very mixed results as a struggle to get light metering correct.

 

[1066]

I found all the adjustable multi-fit adapters pretty useless. I ended up 3d printing my own.

 

[David.evans]

You should go into business making these I’d be the first to order one
atb

 

[1066]

You should go into business making these I’d be the first to order one
atb

I must say, just using a very cheap (£10) camera the system works very well - Using it with a spotting scope with a 7" tablet for pistol shooting works well, don't need to change your position at all.

The problem with 3d printing is the plastic filament shrinks a little but not always consistently. This means it's far better to have the object on hand and use a bit of trial and error with the design and fitting. For example, you want to print a sliding bush for a 30 mm shaft, the design is very easy, you might design the hole to be 30.1mm and find with that particular batch of filament at the temperature is not big enough hole, I usually print several test pieces to get the size to fit just as I want.

This is on a bigger scope:


I use the same little cameras on my loading scales with a 3d printed bracket.

 

[David.evans]

nar , your just making me jealous now
very good tho
atb

 

[Crillyiv]

I've used some Phone Skope products for a few years and been very happy with them. I've used the ones that are specific to an optic, and the one that allows it to be adjusted and mounted to a variety of optics. The ones that are specific to an optic are easier to use, and offer a more consistent mount.

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I'll be glad to share photos of mine and photos taken with them if you'd like me to do so.