ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS SteadyPix 5337 Manual de usuario

Orion®SteadyPix™

Universal Smartphone

Telescope Photo Adapter

#5337

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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IN 532 B 09/14

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contents may be reproduced, copied, modified or adapted, without the

prior written consent of Orion Telescopes & Binoculars.

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Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the Orion SteadyPix Universal

Telescope Photo Adapter for Smartphones! This second-generation uni-

versal adapter securely couples an even greater variety of smartphone

models to a standard 1.25" telescope eyepiece, enabling the capture of

high-magniﬁcation digital photographs through the telescope using the

smartphone’s built-in camera – in daytime or at night. The technique of

afocal, or “eyepiece projection,” photography has been used for decades

with standard cameras. The new wrinkle is that now you can do it with a

smartphone! With the “SteadyPix Universal” to precisely and consistently

position the smartphone’s camera lens over the center of telescope’s

eyepiece, you can achieve astounding results shot after shot!

The SteadyPix Universal also lets you display a live view of the image projected by your

telescope on your smartphone screen, which is perfect for sharing real-time views of the

night sky with friends and family. The smartphone becomes a mini display monitor!

We hope you have fun taking pictures with your smartphone using the SteadyPix Universal

Telescope Photo Adapter for Smartphones!

Compatibility

The Orion SteadyPix Universal Telescope Photo Adapter for Smartphones is designed

to ﬁt slate style smartphones measuring up to 3.4" (87mm) in width. The phone’s camera

lens should be oriented near the top of the back side for unobstructed alignment with a

telescope eyepiece. The higher the camera sensor’s resolution, i.e., the more megapixels,

the better your smartphone photos are likely to be. That is, a 5MP camera should produce

a sharper, more resolved image than a 2MP camera.

The SteadyPix Universal was designed with an adjustable bracket to allow compatibility

with most currently available smartphones, including Apple iPhones up to and including

the iPhone 6 models (both); Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, S5, Note 2 and 3; and most

smartphones from other manufacturers. The bracket also works with camera-equipped

versions of Apple’s iPod touch mobile device.

You may or may not have to remove your smartphone from any external protective case or

“bumper” to allow it to seat properly in the SteadyPix bracket. For relatively slim bumpers

you will probably be able to just leave it on. Bulkier bumpers may be too big to ﬁt in the

adjustable bracket even at its widest setting, or may not allow the camera lens to be

positioned close enough to the telescope eyepiece to achieve a proper image.

The SteadyPix Universal can be used with virtually any size or type of telescope –

refractor, reﬂector, or Cassegrain-type – that utilizes a standard 1.25"-diameter telescope

eyepiece. The included eyepiece clamp ﬁts eyepieces with housing diameters up to 1.5".

Assembly

The SteadyPix Universal smartphone adapter comes pre-assembled in the box. It should

appear as shown in Figure 1. If the L-bracket is installed under the RIGHT bracket

adjustment knob instead of the LEFT one, that’s OK. The SteadyPix Universal can be used

with the L-bracket installed in either position.

Getting Started

Before assembling and using the SteadyPix Universal adapter, please familiarize with its

features and parts, referring to Figure 1.

To capture images afocally through your telescope, the smartphone’s camera lens must be

carefully aligned over the center of the telescope’s eyepiece and the two properly spaced

apart. The following steps will help you achieve the necessary alignment and positioning of

the SteadyPix bracket.

For installation, we’ve found it easiest to insert an eyepiece into the bracket and align it

with the phone’s camera lens ﬁrst. Once that is done, the eyepiece – with SteadyPix and

smartphone assembly attached, can be installed in the telescope. Here’s the procedure

step by step:

1. Loosen the two bracket adjustment knobs and open the bracket to its maximum width.

2. With the bracket facing up, insert your smartphone into the bracket with screen side

up. Then, with your right hand push the side clamps inward until they are snug against

Figure 1. Front (A) and back (B) views of the SteadyPix Universal Smartphone Telescope

Photo Adapter

WARNING: Never look directly at the Sun through your telescope or its finder

scope – even for an instant – without a professionally made solar filter that

completely covers the front of the instrument, or permanent eye damage could

result.Young children should use this telescope only with adult supervision.

FRONT

Clamp

tension

knob

Left bracket

adjustment

knob

Eyepiece clamp

adjustment knob

Right

bracket

adjustment

knob

Small

side

tab

Large

side

tab

Small

side

tab

Eyepiece

clamp

Rubber washer

Main bracket Plastic washer

L-bracket

BACK

B.A.

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the smartphone. To do this you should

have your thumb on the large side

tab and a ﬁngertip on each of the two

small side tabs as shown in Figure 2.

Then squeeze. While holding the

bracket tight against the phone,

tighten the RIGHT bracket adjustment

knob (when viewed from the back)

to secure the phone in place. Check

to make sure that the phone is snug

in the bracket. If it can still slide up

and down with only a slight force,

loosen the right adjustment knob

a bit, squeeze the opposing side

tabs against the phone again, then

retighten the right adjustment knob.

3. Now, place the installed smartphone

face down so the eyepiece clamp is

facing up. Using a fairly low-power

(long focal length) eyepiece to start

with, like a 25mm, insert it into the

eyepiece clamp and tighten the clamp

tension knob (Figure 3).

4. Rotate the eyepiece clamp so that

the lens of the eyepiece is facing the

phone’s camera lens (Figure 4A).

5. Loosen the left bracket adjustment

knob and slide the L-bracket up or

down to roughly position the center

of the eyepiece lens over the phone’s

camera.

NOTE: If you’ve moved the L-bracket as

far down as it can go and the eyepiece is

still too high above the camera lens, you

should move your phone down within the

bracket, as shown in Figure 5.

6. Loosen the eyepiece clamp

positioning knob and lower the

eyepiece clamp until the eyepiece lens

is ¼" or less from the phone’s camera

lens. Then re-tighten the eyepiece

clamp positioning knob.

7. Looking through the bottom end of the

eyepiece barrel, move the eyepiece

until the lens of the phone’s camera

appears approximately centered in

the lens of the eyepiece (Figure 6).

You will have to loosen the left bracket

adjustment knob and the eyepiece

clamp positioning knob to do this.

Make sure the eyepiece is ﬂat relative

to the phone (Figure 4A), not skewed

as in Figure 4B. Re-tighten all knobs

and you’re ready to proceed.

You can check the alignment by turning on the camera app in your phone to view through

the camera lens and the attached telescope eyepiece. You should see a distinct, round (but

possibly clipped on the sides) “ﬁeld of view” centered on the phone’s display (Figure 7). If

Figure 4. The eyepiece lens should be ﬂat relative to the smartphone (A), not skewed at an angle (B).

Figure 5. A) The telescope eyepiece is too high to align with the phone’s camera. Sliding the phone

upward in the bracket allows the eyepiece to align with the camera (B).

Figure 6. Look through the bottom of the

eyepiece barrel to roughly center the eyepiece

over the phone’s camera lens.

Figure 2. Squeeze the side tabs inward to

clamp the bracket securely around the phone,

then tighten the right bracket adjustment knob on

the back.

Figure 3. Rotate the eyepiece clamp and insert

a 1.25" eyepiece, then tighten the clamp around

the housing with the clamp tension knob. You

may have to loosen the knob before inserting the

eyepiece into the clamp.

Small

tab

Small

tab

Large

tab

Clamp

tension

knob A. B.

Center of

eyepiece

is above

the phone’s

camera lens

Phone should be slid

upward in the bracket

Eyepiece

is now

aligned with

camera lens

Edge of

eyepiece

barrel

Camera

lens

A. B.

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needed, you can adjust the position of the

L-bracket and eyepiece clamp, or the tilt

of the eyepiece relative to the plane of the

camera lens, until the ﬁeld of view appears

centered in the display. (Any objects in the

ﬁeld of view will not be in focus.)

8. Now you’re ready to install the

eyepiece and phone assembly into

the telescope’s focuser or diagonal.

Carefully insert the eyepiece into

the focuser or diagonal and secure it

ﬁrmly with the locking thumbscrew(s)

(Figure 8).

9. With the telescope aimed at a fairly

bright object and with the camera app

turned on, use the telescope’s focuser

to bring the object into focus on the

smartphone’s display.

10. If you have trouble achieving focus,

you may have to adjust the spacing

between the smartphone’s camera

lens and the eyepiece. This is done

by adjusting the eyepiece clamp

positioning on the slotted L-bracket

arm. If the slot on the L-bracket does not provide enough travel, the height of the

eyepiece can be adjusted further by sliding it forward or back inside eyepiece clamp,

and tightening with the eyepiece clamp tension knob.

If the image is not centered in the eyepiece or the image does not appear clearly, try

re-adjusting the telescope focus and the SteadyPix adjustment points. It takes a little time

initially to get everything adjusted just right, so be patient. After a couple of sessions, you’ll

get the hang of it.

Taking Photographs with the

SteadyPix Universal Adapter and

Your Smartphone

If your phone has a ﬂash, make sure the ﬂash is turned off when shooting through a

telescope eyepiece!

Moon: Our closest neighbor in the solar system is dazzling through even a very small

telescope. The SteadyPix will allow you to take beautiful images of the whole Moon or

close-ups that showcase the craters, mountains, or maria (Figure 9). Single snapshots

work well and multiple shots can be stacked later in a program such as Registax to

increase the signal-to-noise ratio and dynamic range of the image. Also, you can take

video and then stack a series of the sharpest individual video frames.

Bright Planets: The bright planets Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn also make excellent

targets for afocal photography. Try using a higher power eyepiece and maybe a Barlow lens

to boost the magniﬁcation – planets are

tiny objects in the sky! You’ll need a steady

atmosphere, i.e., good “seeing,” to get

sharp planetary images. The smatphone’s

display will allow you to show off your

target object to friends and passers-by – no

waiting in line at the eyepiece!

No need to stop at Saturn, though. At least

one amateur astronomer has captured the

distant planet Neptune with his iPhone and

an 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope!

Deep-sky Objects: Most deep-sky objects

are extremely difﬁcult to photograph

using afocal photography. Try working

with brighter objects such as M42 (Orion

Nebula) or M13 (Hercules Cluster). You will

likely need a mount that tracks the motion

of the sky so that you can take “long”

exposures using a 3rd-party app that offers

that capability (try Slow Shutter by Tomoki

Kobayashi), and you will have to stack

multiple images to get a good ﬁnal image.

Sun: If – and only if! – you have a proper

solar ﬁlter to cover the front of your

telescope, you can get terriﬁc images of

sunspots on the surface of our nearest star in the daytime with your smartphone. Sunspots

are constantly changing, so shooting them is always interesting and a lot of fun.

Nature/Terrestrial: The SteadyPix Universal can be used to take through-the-telescope

photos and videos of distant subjects in daylight.

Camera Apps

The native camera apps on most smartphones are adequate, but may not be terribly

versatile. There are other, 3rd party camera apps available that offer additional features and

Figure 8. Inserting the eyepiece with adapter and phone attached into the star diagonal. Before doing

this be sure that the diagonal is tightly secured in the telescope focuser!

Figure 7. Position the telescope eyepiece so

that its ﬁeld of view appears roughly centered on

the phone’s screen. If it’s not centered, try rotating

the eyepiece clamp slightly.

Eyepiece

ﬁeld of

view in

camera

app

Figure 9. An iPhone afocal close-up image of

the lunar surface captured with an Orion StarMax

90mm Maksutov-Cassegrain at 62x magniﬁcation.

settings that you may ﬁnd useful, such as shutter delay (or self-timer), burst mode, and the

ability to take “long exposures” (really probably just multiple exposures digitally stacked).

Exposure delay is nice to have. Taking the iPhone as an example, with its native camera

app, when you tap the camera icon on the screen to take the picture, the exposure

commences immediately. The vibration from the tap is enough to cause blurring of the

image in many instances. Having a delay of a few seconds between the screen tap and

the onset of exposure eliminates the problem by allowing any vibration to dissipate prior to

image capture.

Two iPhone camera apps that offer exposure delay are Camera Plus (by Global Delight

Technologies) and Slow Shutter (by Tomoki Kobayashi). For more 3rd party camera apps,

type “camera apps” in the search ﬁeld on the iTunes App Store or the app marketplace for

your particular brand of smartphone.

Have fun!

iPhone, iPod, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other

countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

One-Year Limited Warranty

This Orion product is warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for a

period of one year from the date of purchase. This warranty is for the beneﬁt of the

original retail purchaser only. During this warranty period Orion Telescopes & Binoculars

will repair or replace, at Orion’s option, any warranted instrument that proves to be

defective, provided it is returned postage paid. Proof of purchase (such as a copy of

the original receipt) is required. This warranty is only valid in the country of purchase.

This warranty does not apply if, in Orion’s judgment, the instrument has been abused,

mishandled, or modiﬁed, nor does it apply to normal wear and tear. This warranty gives

you speciﬁc legal rights. It is not intended to remove or restrict your other legal rights

under applicable local consumer law; your state or national statutory consumer rights

governing the sale of consumer goods remain fully applicable.

For further warranty information, please visit www.OrionTelescopes.com/warranty.

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