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Starboosa Smartphone Telescope Adapter - Camera Photo Adapter
- For Photography and Video Recording
- Compatible with 1.25-inch Eyepieces (31mm-46mm), PL, K, and H Eyepieces
- Secure Attachment & Easy Installation
- Effortlessly link your smartphone to your telescope's eyepiece for seamless photo and video capture of the night sky, making it easy to share your celestial discoveries with loved ones.
- Adjustable Clamp for Multiple Camera Compatibility: The clamp at the connection point is adjustable, accommodating various smartphones with multiple cameras. When installing with a multi-camera smartphone, customers only need to identify the main camera connection to capture images. Tips:To determine the main camera of the phone, simply connect each camera one by one until an image is produced—that's your main camera.
- TIPS:The most suitable eyepiece for configuration is recommended:20mm Eyepiece & 25mm Eyepiece
Advantage
Sliding slot
Equipped with a sliding slot to adjust the eyepiece to the center of the camera.
PA plastic M5x8 screws
Securing to the eyepiece is a breeze with sturdy PA plastic M5x8 screws (6 included), providing a reliable attachment without causing any harm to the eyepiece's surface, ensuring a safe experience.
Compatible with 1.25-inch PL, K, and H Eyepieces
- Compatible with optical lens ranging from 10mm to 40mm.
- Suitable for eyepieces with an outer diameter of 31 mm to 46 mm.
Installation steps
Step1
Loosen the 6 head screws and remove the eye mask from the eyepiece.
Step2
Connect the eyepiece and try to align the center of the eyepiece with the round hole.
Step3
Connect the phone, open the bottom clip to connect to the phone's camera, and point the camera at the center of the eyepiece.
Step4
Connect the telescope and turn on the camera on your phone. The installation is complete.
Eyepieces suitable for configuration are recommended
- 10mm Eyepiece
- 12.5mm Eyepiece
- 20mm Eyepiece
- 25mm Eyepiece
- 32mm Eyepiece
- 40mm Eyepiece
TIPS:The most suitable eyepiece for configuration is recommended:20mm Eyepiece & 25mm Eyepiece
Features:
Mount to the telescope to take photos and videos
- Material: Aluminum Alloy
- Application:Works with almost any eyepiece, including1.25-inch PL, K, and H Eyepieces.
- Applicable size range of eyepieces: With an outer diameter of 31mm-46mm;
- Also suitable for eyepieces of Spotting scope
- Applied to various smartphones;Width range for connecting to the smartphone: 58mm-100mm.
Dan B.
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2024
This adapter fits on the eyepiece well, and secures easily enough. Be careful not to tighten it too much, as it could deform or scratch the eyepiece, but reasonable caution eliminates issues.The reason for the 3 stars, however, is the strength of the spring in the clip - I'm afraid to put my phone in it for fear it'll crack the screen or camera housing.
Deborah V.
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2024
It barely holds my phone in a vice like death grip, and then makes it hard to adjust the view to see the eyepiece. Be aware that a lot of telescopes will not work for this style of photography. This product was received via Amazon Vine.
Josh
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2024
This does work, but I'm not going to use it in the long-term because I'm worried about it squeezing my phone too hard. I get that it has to squeeze hard to hold a phone in place when you put it on a telescope and let go, but it has a really tight spring grip and I would never naturally squeeze my phone that hard for fear of crushing it. Maybe phones are tougher than I expect, but I'm not risking a few hundred dollars to find out.That said, the product does work if you have a spare old phone you're willing to risk, or if you're just a risky person. It's adjustable so while at first I thought it wouldn't fit my S10+, I realized that I could extend the center of this out a bit so that it would fit afterall. Note that this requires the camera portion of your phone to be flat - any protruding portion of the camera and this might not fit flat against it. It has plastic clamps to hold the 1.25" eyepiece so no worry about damage their, it does hold everything in place and aligned so you don't get that weird glare or halo effect for shots that aren't aligned properly.
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2024
I had some concerns about this product because it grips the phone screen tightly, making me worried that it might cause damage. I managed to make it work with some tweaks, but I don't plan on using it again to avoid any potential harm to my phone.
Sean Lane Fuller
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2024
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Winemaker Todd
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2024
I am an experienced amatuer astronomer and have wondered about just how well these kinds of cell phone mounts worked, and I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised. To start with, you have to make an adjustment to the mount so the opening in the mount is centered on the camera lens on your phone. Just set up your telescope on your target with the 1.25" eyepiece you want to use and get it focused. Position your phone and secure it in the mount, then place the mount over the barrel of the eyepiece and secure it with 6 plastic screws that keep the mount centered on the eyepiece. This is much like mounting a finder/guidescope in a ring mount. At this point, your phone camera should show the view through the eyepiece where you can make finer focus adjustments and zoom in as you wish on the image, and start shooting. I captured the two images of the Sun using a Pixel 7a phone and a Meade ETX90 EC telescope with a solar filter.There are two reasons I gave it a 3 star rating for stablility, both related to the clamp that attaches the mount to your phone. It works great if the back of your phone is perfectly flat. However, my phone has a raised bar across the back of the camera that sticks out maybe 1/16". This is enough that the mount wouldn't properly stay in place. The first picture above shows the same problem on an old phone that I no longer use. To get around this, I place two spacers on each side of that bar and then it worked fine. I couldn't get a clear pic of this, but just imagine two rubber spacers that sit on each side of the raised camera lens, so the clamp is pressed against the spacers and not just on the raised camera lens. The other concern I have is that the clamp has a screw that you can turn to increase the pressure the clamp exerts to secure your phone in place. The problem is, one side of the clamp is pressing against the back of your phone, the other is pressing against the screen. How much pressure do you want to put on your screen? I don't like that idea either, but while using it I found that the clamp strong enough that very little, if any additional pressure was needed to completely secure the phone. That said, it makes me a little nervous using it.Bottom line is that this mount works pretty well if you can get past the clamp pressing against your screen and work out how to deal with a raised area around your camera lens if your phone has that design.
James VanderVeer
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2024
It works as intended and provides a really nice attachment point for your camera.
CFox
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2024
I find it difficult to mount and get the camera lens to line up. Great idea but is difficult to implement.
C. Wright
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
My basic smartphone doesn't take night time pictures anyway, so I knew this wouldn't help, but there are cool birds nests I want to see better and take pictures of without using the camera zoom (which just makes them blurry), and I want to monitor and document some browntail moth activity that I'm a bit concerned about. Well, this phone/telescope adapter came in a little box with no instructions whatsoever. I did the best I could but I could not adjust the clip clamp in such a way that the lenses of the phone would stay lined up with the eyepiece. I just could not get a tight fit no matter what I tried.
steven
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 14, 2024
As an amateur astronomer, I so wanted the Starboosa Smartphone Telescope Adapter to work, give me good results and to enable me to share some of the views that I get through my telescope. Unfortunately I got very disappointing results. I was using a 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope with a 25mm eyepiece giving me 60x magnification (the lowest I have), I tried with two different models of Samsung phones. Conditions were very good and I was viewing a half moon. Through the eyepiece I could clearly see craters on the moon in excellent detail. Once I attached the Starboosa Smartphone Telescope Adapter and tried to take photos, the results were poor (see photo). Maybe one could get better results with a different type of telescope and/or phone ? I do not know. A pity because the adapter design looks good.
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