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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Corfield" data-source="post: 1359414" data-attributes="member: 19132">As far as I know Celestron don't make an slr adapter for their spotting scopes so your options are pretty limited to using the T thread on the eyepiece or using a low power camera lens through the eyepiece. A dslr adapter for spotting scopes has to have optics inside of it to compensate for the prism in the spotting scope. If you remove the eyepiece there's no way to reach focus without a specialized optical adapter. The methods we are using is prime focus through an astro style telescope like the Celestron 80ED or the Skywatcher 80ED that I use. The benefits are that the scope is well suited to prime focus photography, you don't need the prism or eyepiece for this method which is the weak link in most spotting scopes. Optical quality compared to money spent is far superior than that of a similarly priced spotting scope.Paul.</blockquote>