![]() ![]() On the whole, the adapter was easy to use although there was a slight issue with the weight of the iPhone tending to pull the adapter off the eye-piece when hand-held. The verdictĪt around £95, the adapter effectively brings a long, fixed-length telephoto capability to the iPhone that far extends the built-in zoom function. As you can see, even in these challenging conditions, the adapter and iPhone combination can capture a pretty good image. This photo of a brown pelican (right) was taken from a boat in waning light. Note the blacked out corners from the binocular ring. This image a blue-footed booby (left) was taken from a small inflatable raft. The red square shows the area covered by the photo on the right taken using the adapter and an iPhone. To show the relative zoom that's achievable, the photo below is taken on a DSLR at 50mm zoom. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a tripod to mount the binoculars, so we subjected them to far more movement than they would normally face when attached to a static, tripod-mounted pair of binoculars or scope. ![]() The kit was used in a variety of situations, but mostly on land (while stationary) or from an inflatable rib in the sea (not so stationary). We tested the adapter on a recent island-hopping cruise to the Galapagos Islands, pairing it with the excellent office set of Swarovski E元2 binoculars. Focusing is achieved through a combination of the binocular/scope wheel and the iPhone’s internal camera focusing. The whole rig then fits over the eye-piece of the binocular or scope allowing quick changing from viewing to photo taking. There are two parts, the cradle for the iPhone and the adapter ring which screws into the cradle and varies depending on the model of binocular or scope you’re using. The idea behind the Swarovski Optik adapter is to allow existing owners of Swarovski binoculars or scopes to take photos using their iPhone 5. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |