Customer Reviews

Celestron 93626 Universal Digital Camera Adapter

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I bought this to use with my Meade 102mm scope and Canon A540 Powershot. It clamps to the eyepiece firmly and adjusts to fit my camera. It has a massive amount of adjustment so it should fit a wide variety of cameras. Works very well.

I had to experiment to find the best mounting position and shooting method. I use a heavy Bogen video tripod which works well for this setup. A lighter tripod would not work well since there is a large amount of vibration at high magnification to deal with. Here is the method that works best for my scope and camera:

1- Remove the diagonal prism and place the eyepiece directly into the eyepiece holder (straight through viewing method). Tighten setscrew firmly.
2- Look through the eyepiece and focus the scope.
3- Clamp the adapter to the eyepiece.
4- Mount the camera then center the lens with the X and Y adjustment screws. Leave Z adjustment loose.
5- Very carefully zoom the lens to full telephoto while watching the distance to the eyepiece. Adjust the Z axis so the fully zoomed camera lens is not quite touching the scope eyepiece.
6- Leave the camera in auto focus mode. Turn off focus aid light.
7- Adjust zoom as necessary to obtain a good picture on the camera screen. The camera needs to be zoomed in quite a bit to avoid vignetting.
8- Re-focus the telescope as needed to obtain the sharpest camera view.
9- Use the timed shutter release mode to avoid blurring caused by vibrations. 10 seconds works great.

I've owned this Celestron 93626 Universal Digital Camera Adapter for two weeks. I used it for birding, digiscoping. It is solidly built but a bit too heavy (over balancing my Kowa 60mm scope). Also, it does NOT fit ultra compact cameras. My Canon SD800is is too small to work with this product. I assume that similarly sized cameras will also not work (3.5" x 2").

Amazon has great customer service and returns. So you may wish to try it out yourself.

My main reason for purchasing this device was to be able to do a variety of eyepiece astrophotography. I attempted to hook up one of my 2" eye pieces and a Sony Cyber Camera to this adapter and it won't work. The camera platform is too short in all vertical adjustments to bring the camera's lens dead center into the 2" eyepiece. Also I attempted to hook up my Sony camcorder and one of my 1-1/4" eye pieces and again - the platform was not deep enough on the horizontal plane to enable the camcorder's lens to see through the 1-1/4" eyepiece. The only way I can use this adapter with my digital Cyber Camera is to hook it up to a 1-1/4" eyepiece. This seems to work, but I did not buy the device to be used in only one configuration. I bought it in order to use it with various sizes of eyepieces and various types of video and camera equipment. Because of the limited use I give it three stars. Hopefully I will be able to machine some components that will enable me to use 2" eye pieces as well as my HD camcorder.

I have a Nexcope CM304H microscope. I attached the adapter to the tripod of the camera then attached to adapter to the microscope's eyepiece. There are several screws that you can adjust left-or-right, up-and-down and closer-and-away. It is very flexible. The construction is very sturdy but somewhat bulky but it worked.

This camera adapter is a great piece of equipment. It's a little on the bulky side, and I think
the price is a little high, but you won't find it at a better price any where ells. It's pretty
adjustable, even my video camera fits on the platform. Works well with my Cannon A590.

I read that this gadget was heavy, but I didn't believe it. It's made of plastic and aluminum, how heavy can it be? Well it weighs in at almost 15 ounces! At 8" long and 4-1/2" wide, it's built like a battleship.

Try and use this on a smaller telescope and you'll have quite a balancing chore to perform. It appears to be sized for an older generation of much larger cameras.

One good thing, the little L-shaped foot at the bottom is threaded like a camera, so if your camera and scope are light enough, just clamp them both to this behemoth and screw the adapter itself to the tripod.

If this were half the size and half the weight, it would be a winner. As it is, I can't imagine how I'll use it.

I bought this in hopes that I could use it with my Kodak P-850 SLR digital camara, in conjunction with my Celestron 130 SLT telescope to obtain digital photos.

Sorry to say that it doesn't have the required focal length for my camara. I added a bracket, to obtain the length, but it took alot of work, & time to get MY camara to work on my telescope.

Limited (short) focal distance. Better to spend the extra money, and get a better "universal" digital camara adapter.

It would work ok, (I think) for the lower end, (Small objective lens) "point & shoot" camaras.

The only problem that I could see with this product is the manual that comes with it but no worries there is plenty of advise out there online. You could not ask for an easier way to take pictures through your scope. I have three different setups; an adapter for my Nikon DSLR, a Meade LPI and this... This is the one that I use most of the time, with my Fuji 12Mpix point and shoot. I am amazed at how great this works with my Meade 12" and all of my eyepieces. I was almost too much of a snob to give it a try but I'm glad that I did.

This is a solid well built digital camera adapter. It consists of a metal body and metal threaded adjustment mechanisms. The only plastic appears to be on the knurled knobs. There are thin rubber pads for gripping the adapter to the telescope tube. Adequate adjustments are available to fit most digital or other cameras. This seems to be a well made and useful adapter.

Very good procuct, easy to use. The only problem that I have is, the bottom part of the up and down adjustment broke off. I've only had it about 3 or 4 months. So if you order this product, check the strength of the product before you use it. I don't know if there is a warranty on this product or not.