Because it exists of course, I had to order one. Not because of posterity and taking photos, but instead because it would be nice to have an lcd display on my spotting scope. Might make for decent bird photos too.. Basically it is an adapter to hook your phone up to your spotting scope/microscope/binoculars. Vacation combined with having to be laid up for a day or two after a visit to the podiatrist is not good for online shopping.
https://www.phoneskope.com/
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2Sounds like its great for online shopping.
Now I can check yours out before I order one!
Now I can check yours out before I order one!
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4Must be time for you to buy a new tougher pocketbook. I bet you could find one on line.
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6Thanks, I try.
oh, here you go
http://duluthpack.com/standard-shell-bags.html
https://www.etsy.com/listing/104344552/ ... avs_view_9
https://www.etsy.com/listing/63013363/n ... avs_view_4
and if you're not just shopping for yourself
https://www.etsy.com/listing/192422850/ ... avs_view_1
oh, here you go
http://duluthpack.com/standard-shell-bags.html
https://www.etsy.com/listing/104344552/ ... avs_view_9
https://www.etsy.com/listing/63013363/n ... avs_view_4
and if you're not just shopping for yourself
https://www.etsy.com/listing/192422850/ ... avs_view_1
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7Damnit!! Couldn't have seen that shell bag before I ordered a totally inferior one! And the lunch bag is freaking awesome. You are killing me here.
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8Return your inferior shell bag.
I have a special canvas sack that I take with me when shotgunning. It's to dump everything from my purse in to, because I refuse to stop using my Duluth shell bag as my purse.
I have a special canvas sack that I take with me when shotgunning. It's to dump everything from my purse in to, because I refuse to stop using my Duluth shell bag as my purse.
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9That lunch bag is pretty cool, but I'd lose something like that the first day it went with me to work.
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10That's doing it all wrong. You're supposed to buy a DSLR and 600mm lens and hook it up to a laptop and use that as your spotting scope.
You won't get any quality with that setup.
You won't get any quality with that setup.
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11DSLR = Digital Self Loading Rifle? Has anyone told Demanding Moms about this one yet?
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12Despite the recommendation for the digital self loading rifle, the phone scope came in today. It's pretty cool actually. Point of note, use the zoom on the phone to eliminate the black ring going from the rectangle of your phone to the round field of view on the spotting scope. As a bonus, it doubles your zoom, which is pretty cool.
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13Neat!
Can you borrow the wife's phone and take a pic of the phone as display screen on the scope some time? Preferably pointed at a target?
Can you borrow the wife's phone and take a pic of the phone as display screen on the scope some time? Preferably pointed at a target?
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14I can probably swing something of the sort anyway. That would mean either taking the wifey to the range or taking my work phone. One is far more likely than the other
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16I think I might. In fact the primary reason I got it.. Although it will also be cool for moon shots like I got the other night that was a real pain in the keister to line up without the doodad to mount it on the scope.
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17Oh. Btw. It's a universal mount. I suspect I could also put it on my Nikon or other rifle scope
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18I love this place.
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19Got to try this setup today. The quality of your spotting scope and phone camera will determine the efficacy of this particular setup. With my el-cheapo firefield, it's good out to about 50-75 yards, but 100 is rough for smaller calibers- have to use the digital zoom on the phone in conjunction with the optical zoom on the scope, which made it too grainy that far out.
That said, using the 2x zoom from the phone so you don't have the round circle from the spotting scope, 36x looks pretty good. It is fantastic for checking out how the round of shooting went.
All but one of the pics I grabbed today at the range of my targets were through the phone skope setup. They turned out well.
That said, using the 2x zoom from the phone so you don't have the round circle from the spotting scope, 36x looks pretty good. It is fantastic for checking out how the round of shooting went.
All but one of the pics I grabbed today at the range of my targets were through the phone skope setup. They turned out well.
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21Neat-o. That's pretty much how I do my load work ups as well. I do five rather than four loads per target. I like that little gizmo.
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22I actually did 5, but didn't want to clutter the thread with the 5th- it's in the reloading section. I'll admit, I'm a fan of this gizmo.
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23Update. Figured out what my issue was with the 100 yard thing- little adjustment on focus and the phone was able to pull it in at 4x with no issues. With a better scope, it would do even better.