Does anyone know where I can obtain an adapter to hook a Pentax DSLR to a telescope eyepiece?
Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Þráinn Vigfússon <[email protected]> wrote: > Some of you might remember the Pentax monocular adapter that enabled you to > use a telephoto lens as a telescope (see here: > http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/adapters/monocular.jpg). Those things > seem to be rather rare and I've heard that used ones are quite expensive on > ebay. > > I've regretted not knowing about them at the time and not buying one, and > third-part monocular adapters have not had a very good reputation. I learned > about a new monocular adapter last week from Kenko called Lens2Scope (see > here: http://www.lens2scope.com/). They come in angled and straight versions > and seem to be a bit better than earlier models and offer better eye-relief > for people with glasses. They are also more expensive at $179. The angled > version is supposedly better than the straight one. > > I bought an angled one and have used it for a couple of days. It is > surprizingly bright and sharp. I've mostly used it with a 400mm lens, giving > me 40x magnification. > > The only down side I've noticed is that the locking pin seems to be > positioned for other makers' lenses, i.e. on the wrong side. This means you > have to use the adapter with the lens upside down on the tripod, at least if > you want to look down into the eye piece. This isn't really a problem for > lenses with rotating tripod collars, unless you want to change quickly > between using the camera on the lens and using the adapter. You can also > unscrew the mounting plate from the adapter and scrcew it back on > upside-down, but then you lose the ability to lock it in place. I'm not sure > that's important. > > Anyhow, I'm looking forward to trying the Lens2Scope adapter on the new > 560mm f5.6 lens that Pentax has on the roadmap and will probably announce at > Photokina in September. > > Thrainn > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
