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Figure 2.
The adjustable
bracket can open wide enough to
hold even large cell phones. The
phone clamps in place securely
thanks to rubber padding and
inward-angled side rails.
Figure 3.
Align your
phone’s camera with the
hole in the turret.
Figure 5.
Place the turret over the eyepiece of your instrument
(a)
and turn the turret’s
twist-tight housing until it firmly grips the eyepiece
(b)
.
Figure 4.
Turn the turret’s
housing until the clamp
pads are wide open (flush
with turret’s inside edge).
For a telescope or spotting scope eyepiece, it may be easier to remove the eyepiece
from the scope and install it in the turret first, then re-insert the eyepiece in the scope
with SteadyPix Quick and phone attached. Binocular eyepieces are not removable.
Figure 6
shows the SteadyPix Quick attached to a binocular eyepiece. To hold the binoc-
ular steady and ensure a sharp image, you may want to mount the binocular to a tripod
using 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 usually have smaller eye lenses.
Taking Photographs with the SteadyPix Quick and Your
Smartphone
The higher the camera sensor’s resolution, i.e., the more megapixels it has, the better
your smartphone photos are likely to be. That is, an 8MP camera should produce a
sharper, more resolved image than a 2MP camera. If your phone has a flash, make
sure the flash is turned off when shooting through a telescope eyepiece!
Use exposure delay, also called a self timer. The vibration from the tapping the phone
to take an image is enough to cause blurring of the image, if the exposure occurs
immediately. Having a delay of a few seconds between the screen tap and the onset
Tighten
Lock
knob
Camera lens
Clamp pads fully retracted
