[Tweeters] Does anyone make such a thing?

[Kevin Lucas]

For phone digiscoping, I now use a Novagrade phone digiscoping adapter -
double gripper version. It's well built, holds my phone securely, and is
adjustable in many respects: diameter of scope/binocular eyepiece, the
phone dimensions, and the position of the phone camera lens you want to use
with it. The phone may be vertical, horizontal, or any other rotation
desired. It takes just a few seconds to adjust it, without tools, for a
different phone.

Novagrade also makes a tablet digiscoping adapter.

Compression rings for 39mm - 60.75mm scope/binocular eyepiece are included.
A compression ring for smaller than 39mm is available separately. It
accepts phones up to 4-3/8" (110mm) wide.
Customer/tech support was extremely helpful.

I use my phone's stylus button to wirelessly trigger the phone camera
shutter. That eliminates the vibration of triggering by touching the phone.
Any of many inexpensive Bluetooth triggers also work well as a wireless
shutter trigger.

Because my current phone case has a QuadLock bulge in the rear of the case,
I added 3 rubber pads to keep it from teetering.
I also replaced the easily adjustable upper stop with a wider fixed
aluminum bar. This certainly isn't necessary. It just makes it easier for
me to position my current phone/case.

I'd be glad to send a photo of mine, with its pads & different bar, to
anyone interested.

Not just for photos, I love using my phone on the scope to give live views
of birds to those who find scope use difficult or impossible as I bird
watch on the Yakima Greenway. And at the Cowiche Canyon Earth Day
celebration, I keep my phone & adapter on one of my scopes. That with a
sturdy platform stool affords great live views for people of all sizes and
vision abilities wherever I'm stationed.

It's currently $169 directly from Novagrade.com. I don't anticipate ever
needing to replace mine.

Good birding,
https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/
Kevin Lucas
Yakima County, Washington
*Qui tacet consentire videtur*


On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 10:09 AM <jimbetz at jimbetz.com> wrote:


> Hi again,

>

>    I do a lot of "close work" and use an Optivisor for same. One of

> the best aspects of the Optivisor is that you can flip it up out

> of the way or down to use it.

>

>    ===> Does anyone make something similar for birding?

>

>    Even a relatively low power device would help.  Maybe I'm asking

> for too much?  Is there an opthamologist out there that does

>

>          "binoplasty"?

>

>                       ****

>

>    As long as I'm dreaming about stuff I'd like to own ... I have

> a spotting scope, I have an iPhone 13 ... I'd like to have a way to

> use my iPhone camera thru the spotting scope.  I've tried a

> couple of brands and they didn't work out.  And then Apple keeps

> changing the camera set up on the phones (almost every new

> release) so what might work for an iPhone 10 most certainly

> won't work for an iPhone 13/14 and so the mfgrs of smart phone

> adapters are always behind the curve in terms of being able to

> develop and bring to market a device that works for the latest

> and greatest iPhone/android.

>                                                       - Jim

>

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