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Wireless eyepiece adapter for spotting scope (1 Viewer)

I have an old Kowa that works for looking at large birds, which is my very specific niche these days. But it’s a straight scope and hard to look through. I bought an adapter to hold my phone to the eyepiece so I can take pics of large birds but it’s a hassle to keep everything aligned and in focus. I notice there are electronic eyepieces with WiFi built in, to send images to the phone, and it looks like one of them might work for me. Has anyone had any experience using one of these? Seems to attach to the eyepiece and then you can view the large bird on the phone or tablet. Any recommendations?

 

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Thank you for this pointer, a digital eyepiece seems a more elegant solution than the various digiscoping phone adapters.
Of those, this one seems easiest to use in the field:
However, it costs twice as much.

Having the sensor in the eyepiece was pioneered by the astrophotography community, it is only beginning to expand into the broader scope market.
Reviewers of this specific unit were pretty split, lots of one star ratings, so it's a gamble.
There are several similar items offered on Amazon, probably all from the same factory in China.
Please keep us posted on your experience.
 
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I've followed Kentuckienne's initial suggestion to consider a wireless phone adapter and bought this unit from Amazon:


It has a small display on the eyepiece adapter, which helps a lot in pointing the scope.
It transmits the image to the phone by WiFi, rather than Bluetooth, so you need to have the phone recognize the new WiFi the eyepiece sends and download the receiver app, a bit different, but it works well.
Frankly, I'm impressed by the ease of use of the unit, much less clunky than the various screw phone holders, plus it seems very adaptable, as it attaches to eyepieces between 1" and 2" diameter. For about 75 bucks, it seems a very good deal.:
 
A couple of use notes on this WiFi digiscoping adapter:
Using the built in WiFi ends the phone's other communications. That is not ideal. The unit would be much better served with a Blue Tooth link.
The small screen at the back of the unit blanks out when the WiFi is transmitting. It would be helpful if it stayed live, to help repoint the scope.
The setup is easy, but the scope needs to be mounted.
Hand holding does not work, one would need three hands, one to hold the phone and two to guide the scope.
So perhaps a snap on phone carrier would make sense here as well.
 
A couple of use notes on this WiFi digiscoping adapter:
Using the built in WiFi ends the phone's other communications. That is not ideal. The unit would be much better served with a Blue Tooth link.
The small screen at the back of the unit blanks out when the WiFi is transmitting. It would be helpful if it stayed live, to help repoint the scope.
The setup is easy, but the scope needs to be mounted.
Hand holding does not work, one would need three hands, one to hold the phone and two to guide the scope.
So perhaps a snap on phone carrier would make sense here as well.
Thanks for this. I was wondering about the practical compromises of the device.
 

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