Snap Moon with Pentax 65ed aii & cellphone (1 Viewer)

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okpunk

Birding is to see the unsee.

• Dec 13, 2013

• #1

Hi, Guys. I've owned 65ed aii for half year, but I didn't realize that it is such good for "moon shooting".
By now, I think that is quite a lot of fun

Next week, I'll get XW14. Is that as good as “Best choice for 65ed”? Please give some tips. thx!

 

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FrankD

Well-known member

• Dec 13, 2013

• #2

Interesting digiscoping adapter that you have there. What is it?

..and nice pic of the moon with just a plossl eyepiece. I haven't done any night-time digiscoping (and probably won't at the moment with how cold it is out) but you have given me some ideas for the future.

 

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okpunk

Birding is to see the unsee.

• Dec 14, 2013

• #3

hey.FrankD, that is just a cellphone holder used for watching films or something. But it's quite amazing@_@

 

mayoayo

Well-known member

• Dec 14, 2013

• #4

It is quite COOL!!!...a great idea!,,My daughter owns this HD camcorder,the Samsung HMX-W300,that I have been borrowing for videoscoping,..I like it because is small ,like a cell phone really,and with the ED50 is a tiny combo ,and quite amazing in quality..I did my own adapter,custom to my eyepieces,but this flexo one is interesting ..I have some of those flexible lamps with a clamp someplace,maybe worth a modification!

 

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okpunk

Birding is to see the unsee.

• Dec 14, 2013

• #5

Hey, mayoayo. It seems that flexo adapter is convenient to adjust angel and position, but actually it's quite unstable. U know...it cost much time to snap with cellphone, especially for the moon⊙﹏⊙. So I'm trying to make a new one.
Something as Snapzoom is cool, I think. Try that.

 

mayoayo

Well-known member

• Dec 15, 2013

• #6

Yes okpunk,it is quite a long flexo,so stability would be hard to attain...still an interesting concept..I made my adapter out of thin veneer,foam and a rubber ring to fit the eyepiece..Is similar in concept to those adapters sold for Iphone by Meopta,Kowa etc..Actually ,the first time I saw such cell phone adapter,was out of this forum,a prototype made by a member here, long before these adapters were made for sale..
Here You have a couple pictures of mine,in case you are interested..Is a base of thin veneer,a frame of EVA foam,to hold the camera/phone,and a rubber ring to pressure fit it to the eyepiece...easy and basically free

 

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okpunk

Birding is to see the unsee.

• Dec 15, 2013

• #7

mayoayo said:

Yes okpunk,it is quite a long flexo,so stability would be hard to attain...still an interesting concept..I made my adapter out of thin veneer,foam and a rubber ring to fit the eyepiece..Is similar in concept to those adapters sold for Iphone by Meopta,Kowa etc..Actually ,the first time I saw such cell phone adapter,was out of this forum,a prototype made by a member here, long before these adapters were made for sale..
Here You have a couple pictures of mine,in case you are interested..Is a base of thin veneer,a frame of EVA foam,to hold the camera/phone,and a rubber ring to pressure fit it to the eyepiece...easy and basically free

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:eek!:That's professional! It is worth having a try. Thank you for so many ideas.
I've also got a idea that using magnet to keep stable, but it seems harmful to cellphone or camera. And I'll appreciate your advice.