DIY camera spotting scope attachment.
- Thread starter Sytes
- Start date
ERSS
Well-known member
Geez......Sytes, where were you before I dropped $80 on the Phone Skope? Thats awesome, I am gonna build one and then compare the two. Haven't been all that happy with the one I bought.
Above my unit near work. These are the last native sheep in mt nw. All others are transplants or so the fwp biologist says (Tim). Sad part is I do not believe for long as they are gaining more and more excitement over the greener grass around domestic stock Inc sheep. Fwp doesn't seem to have the resources to counter this "greener grass"... I fear their days are numbered.
Ya, that price pissed me off so much it prompted this little endeavor. Amazing! $49 FOR CHEAP CRAP to $79 for... better plastic crap. Blew me away!
nuevo_eph
Active member
Well your whole endeavor inspired me to talk to my coworker who has been playing with a new 3D printer. 30 minutes of CAD design and about 2.5 hours of printing later and I have this piece that goes up against my phone (Nexus 5) and mounts to my Vortex spotting scope. We also did a sleeve that lets me reduce the inner diameter and mount to my binoculars.
The fit over the eye pieces is a little tight on both the scope and binos and I have to figure out how to mount firmly and evenly to the phone case but we got these examples out of our windows by holding it in place with tape and rubber bands. I'll sand them down a bit and buy a new case to glue. If that doesn't work I'll do another print and tweak the dimensions.
Sure beats spending 95 bucks!
Eph
During printing:
Across the street around 20-25x:
Across the street with 10x binoculars:
The fit over the eye pieces is a little tight on both the scope and binos and I have to figure out how to mount firmly and evenly to the phone case but we got these examples out of our windows by holding it in place with tape and rubber bands. I'll sand them down a bit and buy a new case to glue. If that doesn't work I'll do another print and tweak the dimensions.
Sure beats spending 95 bucks!
Eph
During printing:
Across the street around 20-25x:
Across the street with 10x binoculars:
MontanaHunter222
Member
Thank you SO much for posting this! I've been trying to figure out a way to make my own attachment for my iPhone to my binoculars! This gives me a great idea! of how to make my own!
RobG
Well-known member
I never saw this the first time. That's pretty clever there Sytes, especially with the swing door on it. I wonder if it is possible to adjust the distance to prevent the portholing/vignetting?
VikingsGuy
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Any chance your buddy will let you post the 3D model (*.stl file) for others of us to play with?
TRS_Montana
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This?
VikingsGuy
Well-known member
Bump in the hopes nuevo_eph can carry the day . . .
