I took my 500AH, made and adapter/spacer and put one of the Manfrotto 323 connect adapter that uses the small 200pl plates. I did this so I could use the much smaller 323 connector than a much larger one on a couple of specialty scope stands, that actually clamp to a shooting bench. The work fine, I used some 1/2 " aluminum bar, 3/8 would have been fine. I just needed a spacer to clear the QD lock on the 323 connector which extends down below the mounting surface a little. It took some careful measuring, drilling a few holes of various sizes and tapping some of them for screws. I even drilled and tapped for a small allen screw that functions as an anti rotation lug. Another reason I wanted the smaller plate was so I could leave one on my Nikon digital camera, the 500AH plate was just too large and cumbersome on what is an average size for a SLR type camera.
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Digiscoping with Kowa 883 (1 Viewer)
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Marichi3411
Member
Just wondered if the ProCamera app (or any similar iOS ones) allow you to set a small focus area? Trying to digiscope through my scope the other day the issue I had was that I couldn’t focus properly on the bird because there were a few closer branches in the general vicinity that the iPhone‘s standard camera app wanted to focus on when I tried to select the focus point; a smaller selectable area would’ve alleviated the issue...
Marichi3411
Member
I tried to do that on my phone and press on that yellow square. If you use the phone slope adapter - there is an app for that. It allows you to change the f stop. So if you choose f atop of 2.8 you will have bokeh or blurred background. If your f stop is higher than f11, everything in your background will be clear. I hope that helps.
Jorukfundan
Member
What is the word on the performance and use of the RP series digiscoping adapter? Is it a boss product?
Jorukfundan
Member
Modest_hero how does that Kowa RP case work? And the Apple watch as a remote? That sounds handy.
modest_hero
Member
Very high quality product, works easily and flawlessly. That being said, only a couple of months later I upgraded from an iPhone X to iPhone 12, and my plan was to keep the iPhone X just for digiscoping use. I quickly came to realize that my Apple Watch was no longer paired with the iPhone X, so I couldn't take advantage of the remote shutter on my watch any longer.
Would I buy this again? At this price point, I recognize its a luxury as I tend to replace my phone every couple of years. I think next time around I'd probably look for something a bit more flexible like a Novagrade, even if they look clunky. But as far as the Kowa RP case goes, it's excellent.
Would I buy this again? At this price point, I recognize its a luxury as I tend to replace my phone every couple of years. I think next time around I'd probably look for something a bit more flexible like a Novagrade, even if they look clunky. But as far as the Kowa RP case goes, it's excellent.
Queenfishernf
New member
I have a nova grade and it is very sturdy...just been trying my 12pro camera and it is really very good...but one issue is that if I try to use the larger wide angle 52 mm the phone only shows the "portrait" mode and does not allow to move to photo or video??? Maybe using the pro camera app might help?//Anyone seen this/also can you take photos with the astrophoto eyepiece with the phones
Adjust the phone down to where you’re setup in the adapter to use the wide angle lens. On my iPhone 11, when I select the wide angle lens for videos, it is the 4K resolution. Absolutely killer video. Not too much of a headache to adjust the adapter between the two lens. Manual adjust every time of the phone in the adapter, but not the end of the world to me.
I hope that makes sense.
Mike C
Emeritus President at Burnage Rugby Club
Have you tried Phoneskope ?
This is their UK website but I believe they sell into other markets
Phoneskope from Newpro UK Ltd, UK Distributors of Vortex Optics, Alpine Innovations & ROR Lens Cleaner.
Welcome to Phoneskope. We have Phoneskope cases to fit many of today's modern smartphones and dedicated eyepiece adapters to fit them to numerous Spotting scopes, binoculars and other optical equipment so you can take high magnification images and videos of your subject or simply allow others to...
www.newprouk.co.uk
WRL
Well-known member
You may look here
UNIVERSAL PHONECAM KIT w/ BRANDED LOGO CASE - Scope)Cam Adapter
The branded logo case is a sharp looking, slim style case with a rubber bumper. Made in the USA, this adapter is built to last!
scopecamadapter.com
Regards,
Werner
buck mulligan
TCMits
Queenfishernf
New member
Have you found Jerry Jourdan site alphadigiscoping/He has a complete guide to digiscoping Alpha Digiscoping Review. Also recommend the DLC magnified optical viewfinder which you can mount on LCD to screen out bright light and aid DMF. The DLC is under $30 and way better than the more expensive Hoodman IMO
Hav
Well-known member
Thank you,I will try
