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NOTE: If the eyepiece you’re using has a rubber eyecup, it may be necessary to
remove it so that it does not interfere with proper clamping and positioning of the eye-
piece in the SteadyPix Quick. You can re-attach the eyecup once you’re finished using
the SteadyPix Quick.
It will also clamp easily onto the eyepiece of many binocular sizes and types, as well as
onto spotting scope and monocular eyepieces.
Getting Started
The SteadyPix Quick comes pre-assembled. See
Figure 1
to familiarize yourself with
its parts.
Before attaching the SteadyPix Quick to your telescope or binocular, you will secure your
phone in the SteadyPix Quick itself.
1. Turn the phone clamp knob counterclockwise until the bracket’s side rails are wide
enough apart to accept your phone (
Figure 1a
).
2. Slide your phone into the bracket with screen facing up (
Figure 2
). Then clamp it in
place by turning the phone clamp knob clockwise until the side rails grip the phone
firmly. Do not overtighten or you risk damaging your
phone! Make sure the side rails do not contact the
power or volume buttons on your phone. If they do
then slide the phone up or down in the bracket until
the buttons are uncovered. The side rails are rubber
covered and angled inward to prevent the phone
from slipping out, no matter what its orientation.
3. Loosen the lock knob on the back and move the
eyepiece turret so that the phone’s camera lens is
centered under the hole in the turret, when viewed
from the back side of the SteadyPix Quick (
Figure
3
). Then tighten the lock knob.
You are now ready to attach the SteadyPix Quick with
phone installed to the eyepiece of your instrument.
4. With the back side of the eyepiece turret facing up,
turn the turret housing clockwise until the eyepiece
clamp pads are opened up as wide as possible
(Figure 4)
.
5. Then flip the SteadyPix Quick over and place the
turret over the instrument’s eyepiece (
Figure 5a
).
Rotate the turret’s housing clockwise again, this
time to tighten the eyepiece clamp pads snugly
against the eyepiece (
Figure 5b
). The turret’s
twist-tight clamping mechanism is self-centering,
so it will center the eyepiece directly under the hole
in the turret, which you already aligned with your
smartphone’s camera lens in step 3. (Shown with
iPhone 7 Plus.)
Figure 1.
Parts of the
SteadyPix Quick.
a)
Front
side,
b)
Back side
a.
b.
Warning: Never look directly at the Sun through your telescope or
binoculars—even for an instant—without a professionally made solar filter
that completely covers the front of the instrument, or permanent eye damage
could result. Young children should use this telescope only with adult
supervision.
Center hole
Side rails
Turret
Lock
knob
Turret
(eyepiece
clamp)
Eyepiece clamp pads