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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  

Summary of Contents for SteadyPix 40003

Page 1: ...h including any case or bumper and of any length The phone s camera lens should be oriented near the top of the back side for unobstructed align ment with a telescope eyepiece The SteadyPix Quick was designed with an adjustable foam padded bracket to allow compatibility with most currently available smartphones including large ones like the iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Note phones For best res...

Page 2: ... 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 sid...

Page 3: ...g an optional binocular mounting L bracket Now turn on your phone s camera focus your instrument and start shooting We recommend starting with a fairly long focal length eyepiece if your instrument accepts interchangeable eyepieces such as a 25mm focal length eyepiece Once you get the hang of things you could swap it out for shorter focal length higher power eye pieces such as a 15mm or 10mm which...

Page 4: ...y app that offers that capability and you may have to stack multiple images to get a good final image Sun If and only if you have a proper solar filter to cover the front of your telescope or binoculars you can get terrific images of sunspots on the surface of our nearest star in the daytime with your smartphone Sunspots are constantly changing so shooting them is always interesting and a lot of f...

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