My son wants a digiscope adapter for my Swarovski spotting scope. I have a STS-65 HD with a 25-50x WW eye piece.

My son has a Nikon DSLR D5500.

Where could I find one of these adapters?? Is there a standard model??

Thanks

Have you tried Swarovski's web site?

http://www.swarovskioptik.com/...overview-c2007030101


http://www.eagleoptics.com/dig...2-adapter-ring-nikon


http://www.eagleoptics.com/dig...-adapter-for-atx-stx

I'm not an expert, so you will want to check with someone who is concerning the TLS APO adapter on the different series of Swarovski spotting scopes.

Spotting scopes do not resolve nearly as well as telephoto lenses, meaning that they are not sharp enough to take advantage of high megapixel cameras and will tend to give soft results with the slightest movement of the scope. The older Nikon camera bodies, like the 10MP D60 or the 12MP D90 might work better in this set-up, in real world conditions, than a newer 24MP camera body. You will want a remote shutter release for the camera, or you will cause movement every time you hit the shutter release on the camera body.

If it were me I would try to find a good used telephoto lens that functions on the D5500. The older (Nikkor "D" ) autofocus lenses won't autofocus on the D5500 (only newer AF-S or "G" lenses will), so you might as well go with even older manual focus lenses, since you don't have autofocus on the spotting scope either. An old Nikkor 500mm Reflex f/8 (mirror lens), which is manual focus, goes for $150 - $250 on ebay. That's about the equivalent of 10X on a scope. Modern autofocus telephoto lenses for Nikon cameras are expensive, of course. A Nikkor 200-500mm zoom lens costs around $1,800. A Nikkor 600mm or 800mm costs from $6,000 to $12,000.

Nikon has several models - not sure which one will fir on your Swarovski though.

Another alternative is the Phone Skope adapter for camera phones. It allows you to take great cell phone pictures and also use your phone as a live screen so that others can view at the same time.

http://www.phoneskope.com/

It occured to me that a Nikon P900 camera probably costs less than getting all this attachment/extension stuff, and I'll bet it gets better results.


http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nik...eo/P900-Zoom-Test.bc

Their website is really bad, what are they selling?

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Originally posted by Opus1:
Another alternative is the Phone Skope adapter for camera phones. It allows you to take great cell phone pictures and also use your phone as a live screen so that others can view at the same time.

http://www.phoneskope.com/

Yep, their site does suck. There are two parts to their product, an adapter for your spotting scope and a mounting plate for your phone. Select your scope and phone and they ship the two pieces.

Basically it lines up your phone camera lens with the scope ocular. You can watch or record video and take pictures through your phone. Most phones today are 12 to 16 megapixels so the image quality is quite sharp.