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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mayoayo" data-source="post: 3511728" data-attributes="member: 16781">I am interested in this adapter that You designed.would you be able to post a picture of the adapters ?.I  own an old Nikon EDIII A,that has seen better times..some of the internal glass coatings are a bit deteriorated(dont know the cause because i bought it used)and now i noticed a bit of play between the prism housing and the tube..Image quality reamins ok,I was wondering if its worth to have it service..then i ocurred to me that the massive prism of the nikon fieldscope ,is one of the best erecting systems ,and if i could take apart the scope ,the whole prism housing could be modified to fit a swaro atx objective module..being the design of the feldscope and the swaro scopes similar in the way the focus operate,the prism housing of the EDIii doesnt have and focussing gear ,just the aperture to link the prism to the tube..i think it would be very easy to fit an adapter like the one you got made to the prism ..it would also be possible to remove the whole eyepiece mount and get rid of the nikon thread,perhaps allowing for astro fit,..What is the diameter of the swaro bayonet ,and what type of connection you designed for you adapters?..</blockquote>