First post, interested in contributing to discussions...
I have a Canon A95, and a cheap Barska scope. I'm interested in having your machinist make me a setup like yours, is that possible? I would want at least the camera adaptor side, and I guess I'd have to measure the scope's 20-60x eyepiece to see how big the screwpiece diameter needs to be?
That said, some background... I prefer to go birding to watch the birds and enjoy the outdoors setting, and I don't like carrying a lot of gear. In conjunction with the Fountain Creek Nature Center here in Colorado Springs, I got the chance to carry a scope/tripod combo and fell in love with the magnification capability. I immediately bought a Barska 20-60x for US$89 and now carry it on all birding trips. (And if I drop it or lose it, I can buy another very cheaply. I cannot imagine having a Swarovski scope with me in the field, I'd be tense and concerned like I was carrying a newborn baby with me all the time.) For whatever reason, I tend to like shorebirds and raptors, so scopes are a good idea due to sheer distances involved in viewing opposite shores of small lakes and rivers.
Next step... I buy a Canon A95 because I really should have a camera, and I bought the underwater housing because I'm a scuba diver, and I love the camera and now clip it on my belt or on a waist-pouch when birding.
Yes, the obvious next step is to be able to use my scope as a telephoto lens for my A95. So, getting an adaptor that attaches to the camera is the first step, followed by getting an adaptor that attaches the first adaptor to the scope is the second step.
Since I don't think Canon makes such a device, nor it there a commercially-available after-market device, your machinist may have just created a new mousetrap, and now I'm beating a path to his door. Any possibility there? Or, am I wrong that there aren't commercial alternatives to satisfy my need?
Once I get this satisfied, I'll move on to camera settings and that area of detail. Looking forward to the discussions... Paul.
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P.S. I found the Lensmate 37mm adaptor, and have ordered it, so now I only need one of the screwpieces that clamps onto the scope eyepiece...