Novagrade Digiscoping Adapter

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Anyone got any experience of the above, link here.

Or recommend any others

I've still to understand spotting scope adapters, some are on the up to £800 plus, so at £169 the Novagrade is appealing.

I know folks are quick to say you get what you pay for, but some half decent record shots would be good for this sort of money, cheers

Edit- its the DSLR adapter I'm interested in, not the smartphone adapter
 
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Phil I have recently bought a half decent scope that came with a used camera mount I couldn’t figure out . I contacted a firm called sherwoods that were more than helpful might be worth contacting them for advice before spending any money
 
Phil I have recently bought a half decent scope that came with a used camera mount I couldn’t figure out . I contacted a firm called sherwoods that were more than helpful might be worth contacting them for advice before spending any money

Thanks Jeff, I looked at their website a couple of times when looking for a scope, I'll check them out

What's the adapter you have?

I ended up buying a 5yr old Leica APO televid 65 but the Leica website is a little confusing when it comes to adapters.

Since posting this morning I've managed to find a couple of reviews on the Novagrade with mixed conclusions.
 
I have the one that sherwoods sell Phil it’s called a DCA mount , my scopes a olivon 65 , the guy there bent over backwards to help me , and sorted my problem out via me sending him pics ,it turned out two of my items were actually two piece parts . Mine now has a T2 mount on the end with a MFT adaptor , screw the adaptor over the scope eyepiece take Lens off camera and mount directly to scope , not really used it in anger yet waiting for the owls to return
 
I have the one that sherwoods sell Phil it’s called a DCA mount , my scopes a olivon 65 , the guy there bent over backwards to help me , and sorted my problem out via me sending him pics ,it turned out two of my items were actually two piece parts . Mine now has a T2 mount on the end with a MFT adaptor , screw the adaptor over the scope eyepiece take Lens off camera and mount directly to scope , not really used it in anger yet waiting for the owls to return

Many thanks Jeff, after reading your post and another quick Google, the penny might have dropped!

The two part bit makes sense now, one half for the scope, other for camera body and attach the two, just need to find what's compatible with me scope and Nikon.

Some expert advice from a good shop is probably what I need, thanks again Jeff (y)
 
Anyone got any experience of the above, link here.

Or recommend any others

I've still to understand spotting scope adapters, some are on the up to £800 plus, so at £169 the Novagrade is appealing.

I know folks are quick to say you get what you pay for, but some half decent record shots would be good for this sort of money, cheers

Edit- its the DSLR adapter I'm interested in, not the smartphone adapter

It rather depends on the sort of scope you want to use. With most of mine the eyepiece can be removed allowing prime focus use. I find this works really well with my mirrorless cameras connecting via a short 1¼" tube to a c-mount adapter (Total adapter cost probably about £10). The more usual connection is via a T2 adapter but these increase the distance to the sensor so prevent infinity focus on several of my scopes.

Only one of my scopes has a fixed eyepiece, this one has a tube that goes over the eyepiece to a T2 thread allowing connection of any SLR or mirrorless.
Scopes with a fixed eyepiece but no such tube arrangement need more complex adapters like the one you linked too. They need to provide a stable link but otherwise are nothing complicated. The DIY system I used with the works telescope would probably work with these too!
FWIW the mount on the microscope can be seen here https://flic.kr/p/P9PqRy
& the results here https://flic.kr/p/9jfJ7Q

My recent shots through a telescope were just handheld using an uncollimated dented scope I brought for a mere £25 so not really an example of what a good system can do :)
An example shot prime focus via c-mount (1000mm f8 at ~ 2miles) is here https://flic.kr/p/28ZtNqG the alignment of the scope itself being responsible for the focus variation across the image it's not from the adapter.
 
I haven't used an adapter (all are about £35) from here - https://www.srb-photographic.co.uk/ - but other stuff from them seems good.

Dave


It rather depends on the sort of scope you want to use. With most of mine the eyepiece can be removed allowing prime focus use. I find this works really well with my mirrorless cameras connecting via a short 1¼" tube to a c-mount adapter (Total adapter cost probably about £10). The more usual connection is via a T2 adapter but these increase the distance to the sensor so prevent infinity focus on several of my scopes.

Only one of my scopes has a fixed eyepiece, this one has a tube that goes over the eyepiece to a T2 thread allowing connection of any SLR or mirrorless.
Scopes with a fixed eyepiece but no such tube arrangement need more complex adapters like the one you linked too. They need to provide a stable link but otherwise are nothing complicated. The DIY system I used with the works telescope would probably work with these too!
FWIW the mount on the microscope can be seen here https://flic.kr/p/P9PqRy
& the results here https://flic.kr/p/9jfJ7Q

My recent shots through a telescope were just handheld using an uncollimated dented scope I brought for a mere £25 so not really an example of what a good system can do :)
An example shot prime focus via c-mount (1000mm f8 at ~ 2miles) is here https://flic.kr/p/28ZtNqG the alignment of the scope itself being responsible for the focus variation across the image it's not from the adapter.

Thanks for the replies and links, I'll give them a look over (y)
 
The verdicts in so thought I'd give a quick update............IQ isn't great :(

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting perfect results but was hoping for something a little better than I'm getting.

I can take the same shot with the 150-600c, crop to 10% of original, that's a big crop and the quality is still better than filling the frame at 50x on the scope.

I'm not sure, but think the sensor is too far from the eyepiece when mounted on the scope, creating a soft image.

What I would say is, if you're a birder with a camera and no long lens, the adapter would be a good way of getting some close-up record shots.
 
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