Phone Scope Adapter - Home Brew
MuleyMadness
6/12/14 7:25pm
by Brett Wilson - June 2014
How To Build a "Home Brew" Phone Scope Adapter
A. Parts needed:
Videos:
- HookUpz (iPhone 5 Adapter for Binoculars) - also fits iPhone 4/4s
- 2" PVC End Cap (Black)
- Gorilla Glue
- Rubber Gasket Seal (cut to fit for inside of PVC cap) - Purchased from Home Depot - $7.27
- Hand or Belt Sander (optional)
- Exacto Knife
- Silver Permanent Sharpie (optional)
- Match or Utility Lighter
- $23.74 Dollars
- I actually already had the rubber gasket shown from a previous build experiment on something else, so for me this Home Brew Phone Scope Build only cost me just over $17.00 dollars.
- Well first off this will save you money by building your own.
- One of my favorite things about this build (if not my favorite) is that is lightweight and small. Really small and light. In fact this baby only weight 1.9 ounces. That's correct it weighs next to nothing and can fit it your pocket with ease.
- It's custom fit to your spotting scope.
- You have the pleasure of knowing you built it yourself and your friends should be impressed. :)
- It takes awesome still pics and video, seriously check some of mine out below.
- You can use your iPhone 5 headphones plus and minus buttons as shutter for still pictures and video. Try it you'll me amazed and how easy it is.
- HookUpz was purchased from Adorama.com for $13.79 (free shipping)
- 2" Black PVC Cap End was purchased from Home Depot for $3.18
- Rubber Gasket Seal (cut to fit for inside of PVC cap) - Purchased from Home Depot for $7.27
- I always shoot videos in the horizontal position of my phone (highly recommended)
- The silver markings on spotting scope eyepiece and adapter are for my use to line the adapter up correctly horizontally and for my 'sweet spot' when pushing on the adapter over the eyepiece.
- Couple of errors in the 'How To' video below. Always shoot video in horizontal position NOT vertical as I stated and the PVC end cap is NOT 1 1/2" as stated either. The inside dimensions of the cap I bought are 2 3/8" with a outside dimension of 2 3/4"
















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