Paulyoly
Well-known member
I decided to try and make my own adpaters, mainly because i wanted to try my fuji s602 with the pentax xl-28 eyepiece and 80ed scope. I made both adapters out of 1 1/2 inch pvc pipe couplers, it wasn't a perfect fit over the eyepiece so i had to sand the inside about 1/16 of an inch of the pvc pipe, i used a 28mm-37mm stepup ring and grinded off the 37mm threads to make it flat, then super epoxied it inside the pvc coupler which means even if the epoxy doesn't hold the camera can't fall, the fuji however is relying on the super epoxy to hold the 55mm-55mm uv filter to the pvc pipe(fingers crossed)( i broke the uv coated glass out). No screws needed, it fits snug and perfectly over the eyepiece once the eyecup and metal ring are removed. Needless to say i will not be walking around with the fuji attached to the scope.
http://www.pbase.com/image/14685899
http://www.pbase.com/image/14685898
I'm still waiting on the scope to arrive, supposed to be here today, taking pics just through the eyepiece shows no vignetting at full zoom or in macro mode using full zoom with the s602, of course the nikon 990 has little vignetting at wide angle and none at half-full zoom. Hopefully i will have some pics to share tommorrow afternoon. For anyone interested the glue i used is called PC-superepoxy, i've used it before to glue metal bolts to plastic, it bonds like nothing i've seen.
http://www.pbase.com/image/14685899
http://www.pbase.com/image/14685898
I'm still waiting on the scope to arrive, supposed to be here today, taking pics just through the eyepiece shows no vignetting at full zoom or in macro mode using full zoom with the s602, of course the nikon 990 has little vignetting at wide angle and none at half-full zoom. Hopefully i will have some pics to share tommorrow afternoon. For anyone interested the glue i used is called PC-superepoxy, i've used it before to glue metal bolts to plastic, it bonds like nothing i've seen.
