Using a Televue-85 as a spotting scope is like playing a Stradavarius at a bluegrass fiddling contest.
A couple of things to watch for:
1. If you have a 2" barrel eyepiece all the positioning will be different from a 1.25" barrel eyepiece. I am going to mark screw positions with nail polish for each.
2. Your camera app has Pro settings under More. This includes manual adjustment of ISO and shutter speed. It is no substitute for a proper DSLR. The app only goes from ISO 50 to ISO 3200. Shutter speed from 1/6000th to 10 seconds. For some applications this is fine. And of course you can use the apps zoom feature as well.
3. It comes with a remote shutter using Bluetooth so you take a picture without touching the phone.
3.i had hoped this would way enough less than a DSLR to not affect balance of the telescope on the mount. The gadget itself does not. The camera adds enough weight that I have to attach weights to the far end of the telescope.
4. The Otterbox case makes it just thick enough to get a poor purchase on tge phone. I wonder if I might find a cellphone that has been abandoned (a really low weight one). I can transfer photos to my PC through PhoneLink for Windows. Then I can leave my phone in the Otterbox.
Still a neat little gadget, especially when used on my larger scopes where balance is less of an issue.
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