It is possible to take a picture through a telescope using a point-and-shoot camera, by just pointing it at the eyepiece. The results are not usually spectacular, so I am quite impressed with this example taken by the guy rebuilding Big Bertha:
Yup. He just put a point-and-shoot in front of a 27mm Televue lens. It is finished, and ready to ship:
Wow - now THAT's a serious rebuild! If it works as good as it looks (I know, grammatically incorrect but effective), you've got a heck of a fine instrument there, Clayton. Clear skies to you -
ReplyDeleteCabela's sells a little attachment to your iPhone to hold the camera directly over a lens. I think there's a plain version as well as the Swarovski one.
ReplyDeleteSwarovski has, IIRC, an adapter to let you use pretty much any phone camera with their spotting scopes.
Might be a fun little toy to have around.
That looks great. Now I'm jealous.
ReplyDeleteAre you mounting it with Weaver rings?
ReplyDeleteCheers
Weaver rings? What? Not possible!
ReplyDeleteI have an adapter for my DSLR that fits into the focuser, and takes really good pictures.