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Night Owl NOCA-42 Camera Adapter

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When I attempted to research this product, I could not find any information concerning the adapter measurements, even from the manufacture's website. The only information that I could find was that this adapter could hook up to a 35mm camera using a t-ring adapter. Well I have a Sony mini-DV camcorder and a Sony Cybershot digital camera as well as a Night Owl night vision monocular. The connections are pretty simple, first you need to purchase step rings to fit this adapter to your camera or camcorder. The misterious, well kept secret, size of the step ring needed to attach to this adapter is a female thread 42mm step ring. The step-ring will screw on to the male end of this adapter. From there you can step down or step up to fit the lens on your camera. The other end of this adapter screws into the removable eye piece on the night vision monocular. To adapt from this adapter to my Sony Mini-DV camcorder I had to step down using a 1- 42mm (Female thread) to 37mm (Male thread)stepring, and 1- 37mm (female thread) to 25mm (Male thread) to adapt to the 25mm lens (female thread) on my camcorder. I used a total of 2 steprings to fit this adapter to my camcorder. I hope this has helped someone because I spent countless hours trying to find the information that I just described. There is none on the internet anywhere! Thanks and enjoy.

This is in case anyone ever reads this; two years ago I spent months tracking one of these down, they were scarce even back then. I have a NOCX-5M and the collar just behind the threads is too big for it to screw in. I assumed it was because I had a Marine model with extra sealing/gaskets. I did some research and several places said a NOCX-3 would work and bought one off Ebay--same problem! I assume they revised the models at some point to have a smaller mounting collar, but I have no idea which ones or how to tell the difference.

Nothing really to review, just screw it onto the Night Owl device compatible for it, then add the (purchase seperately) T-Ring adapter (B&H sells them) and attach to your digital camera.