CP A95 & Kowa TSN823 (1 Viewer)

A friend of mine is looking for a digiscoping adapter. He's using a Canon Powershot A95 with his Kowa TSN823 (angled). Is there somebody on this forum using the same material? Which adapter are you using?

Thanks for any advice!

Gaga said:

A friend of mine is looking for a digiscoping adapter. He's using a Canon Powershot A95 with his Kowa TSN823 (angled). Is there somebody on this forum using the same material? Which adapter are you using?

Thanks for any advice!

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Not a Kowa but I used john-henry's pics and advice to build a very similar adapter for my 824M (Straight)

http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=44602&page=1

Gaga said:

A friend of mine is looking for a digiscoping adapter. He's using a Canon Powershot A95 with his Kowa TSN823 (angled). Is there somebody on this forum using the same material? Which adapter are you using?

Thanks for any advice!

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Hi there,

Like Bagpuss, I'm using a home-made adaptor with my 663/Sony W12 combo. Rather than the "platform" arrangement that seems popular, I went for a cloned custom copy of the official Kowa TSN-DA1. I really couldn't bring myself to pay the mega-bucks of the genuine item and my home made copy could be designed to work specifically for my camera/eyepiece combo.

If you have a search of this forum you'll find many, many ideas. Each have their benefits and disadvantages. Personally I don't like the idea of hanging any load off the bayonet fit eyepiece, it just seems like it's inviting a disaster if the bayonet rotates a little. I know others have clamped things to the eyepiece without any problems so it's probably just me being over cautious.

Have a browse of the "why not make your own adaptor" thread here:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=3583
Lots of ideas.

Regards,

Duncan

Gaga,

If you go to this thread http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=44031 and look at my reply and go to my gallery you will see how I connected my Kowa 824 to a Canon A95. And if you go to this thread http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=40432 you will find details of the cable release bracket I use.

Hope this all helps

Pete :~} :eat:

Hi Gaga,
Your friend can go to Astronomie PL on St-Hubert street, they can made an adapter for him with a 52mm thread for the lens extender to the exact diameter of his eyepiece and this at really low price.