Cliff's DIY

[Stargazing_Cliff]

Here is where will put me latest project creations.

Created some attachments for imaging sensor could use any cam or could even use eye piece if wanted to.

1 kind of gives really zoomed in view

also 1 kind looks like what would see if bonoculars where ok

not bad use for 50mm lens from some broken binoculars.

will test sometime with night sky see if cam picks out up through them tested 1 with eyetoy cam and it seemed to work.

will test with other cams sometime.

Tested outside weather cloudy dull

Kind of works just bit of focus tweek and use sensitive to light cam attached mite work with night sky.

also tested other attachment kind gives zoomed view was like 2 meters away from one them brass plate things and this kind view got.

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Interesting

[Stargazing_Cliff]

Interesting

I know thats what i thought interesting when making them

i'm in way copying of JamesF binocular finder

but i'm attaching cam to mine.

from thread http://stargazerslounge.com/showthread.php?t=189521

be awesome if they work like when i move the thing about and it records to avi what ever i'm viewing at example if was looking at plaides or orion mind you they not in me skies but they will be soon couple weeks time or somet to keep outside in stable position and luck what ever comes past it's field of view.

mite even work pretty nice with moon get full view or if get some more baarder filter to cover lens mite work good with sunshine.

what i done to get cam to work the one with cam attached

i got one bit of the old binoculars eye piece and i took away the first bit of glass

so when look through that looks all blurry.

then i got the 50mm lens bit and found bit of tubing about inch and half

and put it all together then attached the cam sensor to end and it kind of worked.

could easy tweek it bit to focus on somet and then leave it.

the other one is just kind like james f where got 50mm lens then bit tubing

then the diagonal mirror and then option to have cam attached or eyepiece

this is the zoomed one.

i will test these when skies clear some night see if they work.

I know binoculars used to work great with night sky they where my first pair 10 x 50 used to see allsorts with them even moving sats

shame they fell apart on me but if these gadgets work made some use for them.

i shall get another pair of 10 x 50 sometime.

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Here is a monocular created using 10 x eyepiece from some old binoculars

attached to monocular tube and it works pretty good.

i like it

mini spotting scope could use that as

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Been at it again created mini solar viewer

and it worked cant see no sun spots like thats becouse be focus from 50mm binocular lens not focused in properly but it see any big dots venus in mind and any eclipses

[Stargazing_Cliff]

Been at it again created mini solar viewer

and it worked cant see no sun spots like thats becouse be focus from 50mm binocular lens not focused in properly but it see any big dots venus in mind and any eclipses

what am i like hey .

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Today im gunna create 50mm solar telescope project as bit left over baarder solar filter mite aswell try me 50 mm out as thats got focal range 360 and read smaller focus range better for whole sun image.

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Well today i shall work on fisheye lens system for me skycam have outside

found somet i didnt even know it did fish eye effect

tested on webcam it worked have to unfocus webcam bit then fish eye goes in focus

tested image below from mobile phone camera i know it out focus cos cant change mobile phones focus but did work with webcam.

This little thing didnt even know did fish eye effect i got this from old broken camcorder .

I so gunna put this fisheye lens to me skycam. i be able to do them circled startrails i rekon with this adapter thing.

used to have turning focus thing on the lens till it jammed up

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