Swarovski Adaptor (1 Viewer)

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Felipe

Active member

• Jun 11, 2003

• #1

Has anyone had experience with the Swarovski DCA Digiscoping Adaptor for Coolpix that is used with their ATS 65 and 80 scopes?

Thank you,

Felipe

 

CJW

Hit-and-run WUM

• Jun 11, 2003

• #2

Felipe, I'll let you know early next week. I've got one on order at the moment (Swarovski are currently out of stock). All I can tell you at the moment is that I bought an LCE adaptor for Coolpix/ATS combination and don't like it at all.

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Jun 11, 2003

• #3

CJW, Why do you not like it? I am using this combo and have not had any problems really as far as I can see. I would like to know what it is as I may be overlooking something. Is it the inability to adjust the zoom without turning the camera too. I can see the Swaro adaptor solving that problem. The Swaro one looks pretty nifty!

 

Andy Bright

Administrator

Staff member

• Jun 11, 2003

• #4

I had a play with the Swaro' adapter a couple if weeks ago (see post and pics elsewhere). It looks good but and is reasonably rapid in attaching camera to e.p. No provision for zoom operation to my eyes, though a hacksaw may help.
I haven't used a typical L.C.E. adapter on an ATS eyepiece, so I can't really comment. Maybe more wobble due to the new eyecup style, so the eyepiece barrel isn't totally parallel?
Andy

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Jun 11, 2003

• #5

There is about two or three millimetres gap between the walls of the LCE adapter and the Eyepiece on the ATS but the photo still fills up the camera LCD screen as if it was central so no real loss there.

 

Paul Rule

Well-known member

• Jun 12, 2003

• #6

Felipe,

Im using the Spidertec adapter, which looks to be a similar design to the Swaro one (and a similar price). It's dead easy to use and does have cutaways so the zoom can be used with the adaptor in place.

Paul

 

CJW

Hit-and-run WUM

• Jun 19, 2003

• #7

Felipe, just received my Swaro' DCA adaptor in the post and it's a beautiful piece of kit. The lense of the Coolpix is as close to the scope's eyepiece as humanly possible without there being any danger of contact between the two. There's also a subsequent reduction in vignetting.

 

Tannin

Common; sedentary.

• Jun 19, 2003

• #8

Tommorow. Tommorow. (I hope.)

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Jun 19, 2003

• #9

Hey Swaro Guys. Does the new adaptor turn the camera when you turn the zoom or is there an independent camera screw attachment that allows the camera to stay horizontal when you zoom the eyepiece?

 

CJW

Hit-and-run WUM

• Jun 19, 2003

• #10

Andrew, you can't zoom with the adaptor attached. it has to be removed for zooming or perhaps as Andy suggests you could create a 'window' by attacking it with a hacksaw.

 

Andy Bright

Administrator

Staff member

• Jun 19, 2003

• #11

CJW said:

........perhaps as Andy suggests you could create a 'window' by attacking it with a hacksaw.

Click to expand...

Carefully sculpturing with a hacksaw sounds better :t:

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Jun 19, 2003

• #12

Why are there screws at the base and in the centre of the Swaro adaptor? This made me think there was two parts to it allowing the adaptor to rotate while the bottom screw held the adaptor to the eyepiece.

 

CJW

Hit-and-run WUM

• Jun 20, 2003

• #13

As you suggested Andrew, the bottom screw fixes the adaptor to the eyepiece and the top screw allows the 'main barrell' to rotate completely. Not sure what the advantage of this yet, but I suppose you can remove the camera and leave the adaptor in place.
It also comes with extra rings to allow the thread to be changed and a video camera to be attached. Pretty neat idea.

 

Andy Bright

Administrator

Staff member

• Jun 20, 2003

• #14

Is the main barrel rotation to allow portrait format shots with the camera in a vertical position?

 

CJW

Hit-and-run WUM

• Jun 20, 2003

• #15

It would certainly allow that Andy.