I was looking at the swaro adapters and the price...yikes. So, I just went to the hardware store and figured I could make one.
First thing I had to do was look at my camera and measure the lens as it pops out from my camera in mm. I did the same for the scope eyepiece where i measure the diameter in mm. I took those to the hardware store.
I thought PFC pipe since it is not metal and abrasive. I found two pieces. One piece fits nicely into the eyepiece of scope (about 37mm). The second piece of PFC fits nestles nicely into the first one. Together they make up my adapter.
Once I purchased the pieces I had to come back to my scope and begin looking at how far out my camera needs to be before I get rid of any viginetting. I measure that so I know how deep to make my adapters. Once i figure it out, I merely cut to fit and as you can see, neither is very big.
My camera fits in nicely although I still have to hold it but that is easy to do. Also, I can pop my camera out and quickly move the scope to another target while leaving the adapter in there. I do lose a bit of pupil mm but if needed, i could take out the entire adapter and search, then place the adapter back in.
For now....this will do. I want to practice but again, today is a snowy day and the pics I took so far are from inside through a window, not the prime way to judge. But judge for yourself my adapter....
First thing I had to do was look at my camera and measure the lens as it pops out from my camera in mm. I did the same for the scope eyepiece where i measure the diameter in mm. I took those to the hardware store.
I thought PFC pipe since it is not metal and abrasive. I found two pieces. One piece fits nicely into the eyepiece of scope (about 37mm). The second piece of PFC fits nestles nicely into the first one. Together they make up my adapter.
Once I purchased the pieces I had to come back to my scope and begin looking at how far out my camera needs to be before I get rid of any viginetting. I measure that so I know how deep to make my adapters. Once i figure it out, I merely cut to fit and as you can see, neither is very big.
My camera fits in nicely although I still have to hold it but that is easy to do. Also, I can pop my camera out and quickly move the scope to another target while leaving the adapter in there. I do lose a bit of pupil mm but if needed, i could take out the entire adapter and search, then place the adapter back in.
For now....this will do. I want to practice but again, today is a snowy day and the pics I took so far are from inside through a window, not the prime way to judge. But judge for yourself my adapter....
