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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Orion
Universal Camera/
Smartphone Photo Mount
Congratulations on your
purchase of the SteadyPix Pro
Universal Camera/Smartphone
Mount. This versatile adapter
enables you to take high-
magnification telescopic
photographs with a wide variety
of point-and-shoot digital
cameras and smartphones.
The SteadyPix Pro firmly holds
your camera or smartphone up
to the eyepiece of a telescope
or spotting scope, providing
the critical positioning needed
to capture sharply focused,
consistently well-composed
terrestrial shots or nighttime
astrophotos through the
telescope's optics – with jaw-dropping results!
These instructions provide a brief outline of how to set up and use
the SteadyPix Pro. Please read them carefully prior to using it for the
first time.
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SteadyPix
®
#5306
Pro
™
IN 512 Rev. A 11/13
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Summary of Contents for Orion SteadyPix Pro
- Page 1 International: +1(831) 763-7000 Customer Support: support@telescope.com Copyright © 2020 Orion Telescopes & Binoculars. All Rights Reserved. No part of this product instruction or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied, modified or adapted, without the prior written consent of Orion Telescopes & Binoculars.
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Page 2: Included Parts
Pro, as they will be referred to in these instructions. For Digital Cameras The SteadyPix Pro is designed for use with small, digital point-and-shoot cameras or very compact SLR cameras. It is not suitable for standard-size DSLRs as they are too bulky and heavy. - Page 3 Insert the telescope’s eyepiece into the eyepiece holding clamp (C) and tighten the adjusting knob (A) until the grip on the eyepiece housing is firm. Mount your digital camera on the camera platform (J) by threading the camera mounting bolt (H) into the ¼"-20 socket on the bottom of the camera.
- Page 4 Figure 3. The SteadyPix Pro with camera attached is shown mounted on an Orion SpaceProbe 3 reflector telescope. camera lens contact the eyepiece! Note that with some eyepiece and camera combinations, it may not be possible to eliminate vingetting entirely.
- Page 5 Then tighten the post adjustment knobs (M) to lock the smartphone in place. Mount the smartphone bracket on the SteadyPix Pro camera platform using the camera mounting bolt (H) and camera lock knob (I) and one bracket attachment knob (P) into the two left-most holes in the base of the smartphone bracket (O) (Figure 5).
- Page 6 Pro, while the heavier SteadyPix Pro is attached to the tripod (see Figure 8). Attach the SteadyPix Pro by threading the tripod’s ¼"-20 post into the ¼"-20 socket (G). Figure 7. A smartphone is aligned in the SteadyPix Pro and ready to mount on the telescope.
- Page 7 What to Photograph with the SteadyPix Pro Now that you have set up the Figure 8. The SteadyPix Pro is shown SteadyPix Pro with your camera or attached to a photo tripod via the ¼”-20 smartphone and telescope or spotting socket in the SteadyPix’s foot.
- Page 8 SteadyPix Pro. Keep in mind that the planets don’t stay still like the stars, so to find them you should refer to In the Sky This Month at our website (OrionTelescopes.com), or to charts published monthly in Astronomy, Sky &...
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Page 9: Specifications
You might also consider using colored planetary filters that thread onto the bottom of the eyepiece (just like the Moon filter). These colored filters bring out subtle details of the planets by filtering out various colors that reduce detail. Orion has several sets of colored filters available. Visit our website, OrionTelescopes.com, for more information on colored planetary filters. -
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