Orion SteadyPix 40003 Instruction Manual

Quick smartphone telescope photo adapter

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Orion

SteadyPix™ Quick Smartphone

Telescope Photo Adapter

#40003

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the Orion SteadyPix Quick Smartphone Telescope

Photo Adapter! It's an improved design that is simple to use, sturdy, and is compatible

with even the biggest smartphones on the market today. The SteadyPix Quick securely

couples your smartphone 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. Use it with telescopes, spotting scopes, binoculars, or even monoculars

– in daytime or at night. It holds your phone's camera steady and in exactly the correct

position relative to the instrument's eyepiece to give a perfectly framed and focused

image shot after shot – which is virtually possible when trying to hold the phone up to

the eyepiece by hand.

The SteadyPix Quick 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 Moon or planets with friends and family. The smartphone becomes a mini display

monitor!

We hope you have fun taking pictures with your smar tphone using the

SteadyPix Quick!

Compatibility

The Orion SteadyPix Quick is designed to fit slate style (flat) smartphones measuring

up to 3-3/4" in width (including any case or bumper), and of any length. The phone's

camera lens should be oriented near the top of the back side for unobstructed align-

ment with a telescope eyepiece.

The SteadyPix Quick was designed with an adjustable, foam-padded bracket to allow

compatibility with most currently available smartphones, including large ones like the

iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Note phones.

For best results we recommend removing any case or bumper from the phone before

installing it in the SteadyPix Quick. Even if the phone fits with the case left on, it may

prevent the phone's camera lens from getting close enough to the telescope eyepiece,

which could result in a constricted "keyhole" field of view on the phone screen. When

the camera is allowed to get as close as possible to the telescope's eyepiece, the image

from the telescope or binocular will fill up much more of the phone's screen.

The SteadyPix Quick can be used with virtually any size or type of telescope – refractor,

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

piece. The included twist-tight eyepiece turret fits eyepieces with housing diameters

from 24mm to 45mm.

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Page 1 Copyright © 2017 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. IN 599 08/17...
Page 2 NOTE: If the eyepiece you’re using has a rubber eyecup, it may be necessary to remove it so that it does not interfere with proper clamping and positioning of the eye- piece in the SteadyPix Quick. You can re-attach the eyecup once you’re finished using the SteadyPix Quick.
Page 3 Camera lens Clamp pads fully retracted Lock knob Figure 2. The adjustable Figure 3. Align your Figure 4. Turn the turret’s bracket can open wide enough to phone’s camera with the housing until the clamp hole in the turret. hold even large cell phones. The pads are wide open (flush phone clamps in place securely with turret’s inside edge).
Page 4 Have fun! 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 &...