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From: Savageduck on 3 Aug 2010 11:33
On 2010-08-03 07:44:28 -0700, Allen <allent(a)austin.rr.com> said:

> rwalker wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:01:53 -0400, Scotius <yodasbud(a)mnsi.net> wrote:
>>
>>> So anyway, all this got me thinking; would it be possible to
>>> adapt half of a binocular using an adapter ring to an SLR, etc?
>>> Binoculars are rather cheap (and so are spotting scopes) in
>>> comparison to higher end zoom lenses. Any thoughts on this?
>>
>>
>> I don't see why not. I do a lot of photomicrography, and one of my
>> adapters is simply the appropriate T-ring at one end (Canon EOS in my
>> case). The rest is a simple aluminum barrel, with two sets of three
>> nylon screws each, which attach the adapter to the microscope
>> eyepiece. I attach the adapter instead of a lens and use the
>> microscope as the lens. This adapter has no glass in it, but simply
>> uses the microscope's glass. Once attached, I focus through the
>> camera's viewfinder. I have other more expensive adapters that
>> include their own lenses, but you get a more restricted field of view
>> with them. If you had a similar adapter that could fit the ocular
>> lens of one side of a binocular, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
> As I recall, the lamented Spiratone had lots of adapters for that sort
> of thing--but that was then and this is now. I miss some of those old
> mail order places like Spiratone and Edmund Scientific.
> Allen

http://www.telescopeadapters.com/

--
Regards,

Savageduck

From: Scotius on 3 Aug 2010 18:11
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:44:28 -0500, Allen <allent(a)austin.rr.com>
wrote:

>rwalker wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:01:53 -0400, Scotius <yodasbud(a)mnsi.net> wrote:
>>
>>> So anyway, all this got me thinking; would it be possible to
>>> adapt half of a binocular using an adapter ring to an SLR, etc?
>>> Binoculars are rather cheap (and so are spotting scopes) in
>>> comparison to higher end zoom lenses.
>>> Any thoughts on this?
>>
>>
>> I don't see why not. I do a lot of photomicrography, and one of my
>> adapters is simply the appropriate T-ring at one end (Canon EOS in my
>> case). The rest is a simple aluminum barrel, with two sets of three
>> nylon screws each, which attach the adapter to the microscope
>> eyepiece. I attach the adapter instead of a lens and use the
>> microscope as the lens. This adapter has no glass in it, but simply
>> uses the microscope's glass. Once attached, I focus through the
>> camera's viewfinder. I have other more expensive adapters that
>> include their own lenses, but you get a more restricted field of view
>> with them. If you had a similar adapter that could fit the ocular
>> lens of one side of a binocular, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
>As I recall, the lamented Spiratone had lots of adapters for that sort
>of thing--but that was then and this is now. I miss some of those old
>mail order places like Spiratone and Edmund Scientific.
>Allen

Edmund Scientific is still in business, as is Edmund
Industrial Optics.
I remember reading about Edmund's
"Binocular-110-camera-combo". It was cheap too, and it worked.
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