Digiscoping - Magview vs. Ollin

[Carrot Farmer]

Anyone with an Ollin only place the magnetic ring on the eyepiece when they want to digiscope? Not sure I want to leave it on as I really like the cap system of the Swaro ATC.

I have STX, and I actually prefer the Ollin eye piece cap!


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[MT_Wyatt]

Anyone with an Ollin only place the magnetic ring on the eyepiece when they want to digiscope? Not sure I want to leave it on as I really like the cap system of the Swaro ATC.

Yeah. Me. Same spotter and I’ve noticed the view is a lot better for me without the Ollin part on there. I like the bevel on that atc eyepiece.

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Does anyone know if the Ollin Kowa TE-11wz adapter would also fit on the TE-9z eyepiece?

 

[dwhicker]

Does anyone know if the Ollin Kowa TE-11wz adapter would also fit on the TE-9z eyepiece?

I don’t believe that it does.


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[Warren]

I you have a newer iphone with the wireless charging ability, do you have to mount the Magnet to the back of your phone case? It's already a magnet - maybe it's just not strong enough? Seems like this would be a no brainer on the engineering side for Magview.

Not having to swap out your case, loosing features of your phone, and indexing seem to be the biggest "cons" in this thread. Not having to use that magnet plate would tackle 2 of these, and the folks that are using the app say the indexing isn't issue when in grid view.

I like the ScopeCam adapter but it looks like it only aligns to 1 lens of the camera (iphone user here). Which would make moving it an extra step in the process. Other than that it seems like a clear choice!

What am I missing here (using on NL's and ATX)

 

[ldrathman]

I you have a newer iphone with the wireless charging ability, do you have to mount the Magnet to the back of your phone case? It's already a magnet - maybe it's just not strong enough? Seems like this would be a no brainer on the engineering side for Magview.

Not having to swap out your case, loosing features of your phone, and indexing seem to be the biggest "cons" in this thread. Not having to use that magnet plate would tackle 2 of these, and the folks that are using the app say the indexing isn't issue when in grid view.

I like the ScopeCam adapter but it looks like it only aligns to 1 lens of the camera (iphone user here). Which would make moving it an extra step in the process. Other than that it seems like a clear choice!

What am I missing here (using on NL's and ATX)

Great point on the integration with the magnet already built in the new iphones. My gut tells me that as you mentioned, it wouldn’t be strong enough for most mounts, but I may be wrong.

When you say it only aligns to 1 lens, what do you mean? I may be misunderstanding, but don’t all the digiscope mounts only index to one lense? Scopecam is coming out soon (January) with a new mount where there is no adjustment on the adapter arm, once set, it will index to a single lens similar to the Ollin. The current ‘universal’ mount lets you move and then tighten the adapter arm so you can index over whichever of the 3 lenses you choose.


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[Warren]

Yea I believe they all setup to one lens but this company’s can be adjusted rather quickly to the other lens (on the back of the phone) to give better quality zoom features. I’ve bought one of these and will report back once I get my hands on it.

Here is the video that shows what I mean. The OLLIN and the Magview can’t do this. He test this towards the end of the video-kinda cool (IMO)

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[Tahoe1305]

He’s after higher end stuff which is sweet.

But if anyone is after some cheaper universal adapters, I’ve used the below for two years and it works well. You do need to set it each time. But takes less than a minute.

SOLOMARK Universal Upgrade Cell Phone Adapter Mount, Quick Aligned Smartphone Digiscoping Adapter for Monocular Binoculars Spotting Scope,Spring Type Stretchable Clip for All Brands of Smartphone https://a.co/d/43sau6g

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

You mount a metal plate to your phone case with the Magview, not a magnet. The magnet is in the eyepiece.

And no, with the new phones with wireless charging the connection isn't strong enough to hold the phone in place without the plate.

 

[trogers861]

Still extremely happy with my scopecam adapter. IMO it is far better than the alternatives discussed.

 

[ChrisAU]

Anyone who says an Ollin isn’t the easiest to use likely hasn’t used one. I put a case on my phone, a ring on my spotters eyepiece, and I can literally throw my phone at my spotter and be digiscoping. Wish they would hurry up with more bino options

 

[Warren]

Anyone who says an Ollin isn’t the easiest to use likely hasn’t used one. I put a case on my phone, a ring on my spotters eyepiece, and I can literally throw my phone at my spotter and be digiscoping. Wish they would hurry up with more bino options

Awesome! This was is similar but a little cheaper.

I ordered the SCOPE CAM adapter and love it! I sent a support email and Reggie responded same day. I have a small magnet on the back of my case that indexes to the mounting arm so it’s setup perfectly at attachment. The mounting arm is adjusted to the phones cam at initial setup and never again. I can use any photo app I choose or just the phones camera app.

I literally pull it out, slap the mount on my phone. Then decide if I want to slip it on my binos or spotter - it will attach to either with no additional parts or accessories - or extra steps…you just tighten down to either eyepiece.


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[trogers861]

Awesome! This was is similar but a little cheaper.

I ordered the SCOPE CAM adapter and love it! I sent a support email and Reggie responded same day. I have a small magnet on the back of my case that indexes to the mounting arm so it’s setup perfectly at attachment. The mounting arm is adjusted to the phones cam at initial setup and never again. I can use any photo app I choose or just the phones camera app.

I literally pull it out, slap the mount on my phone. Then decide if I want to slip it on my binos or spotter - it will attach to either with no additional parts or accessories - or extra steps…you just tighten down to either eyepiece.


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Same here. Love it. For me, its a lot better than having an oddly shaped phone case and lover that one adapter works on any optic.

 

[The grunt]

Kinda late to the thread here... I just ordered the scope cam instead of mag view or ollin for these reasons
1 I'm not totally sold on my current optic setup so I can try different setups without buying different adapters or worrying about availability .. also ollin doesn't even have a case for my current phone.

2 cost; again not having to buy adapters and cases for different phones and optics

3 ease of use; while it seems fairly clear to me that ollin would be easier to use once setup, I don't believe that scope cam is gonna be much different.. like maybe .5 to 1 second longer it seems to me because I will have my phone out with the adapter clipped on and ready when I'm glassing. I guess we will see if I'm right or wrong maybe it's harder to use than I think.

4 don't have to leave adapters on binos because I will be scoping off of binos some for sure I don't think I would mind using it with spotters..

So I've never used either one so this is just my thoughts coming from my research. Obviously a grain of salt is recommended

 

[wyosteve]

Quick question that I didn't find addressed in this thread or on Ollie FAQ's. Does the Ollie 'Fastcase' fit over a phone that already has an Otterbox on it or does the Otterbox need to be removed for the Fastcase to fit? Thanks in advance.

 

[BobHopkins]

Based on the recommendation from ldrathman, I pulled the trigger on the scope cam adapter. I'll post a review once I get it and get some use it.

"NEW" MAG-1 MULTI POSITION MAG PLATE KIT - Scope)Cam Adapter

Fully universal, the MAG PLATE KIT works on all phone models. The mag plate was designed to keep your everyday case on your phone all the time and still use our universal optic adapter (uni-2), no need to change cases when you are ready to digiscope. Always have access to your phones camera...

scopecamadapter.com

The reason I decided on this route was the fact that it solved my biggest con of each the ollin and the magview. Biggest ollin con was the separate case. Scopecam solves that. Biggest magview con is that it wasn't indexible.

That and the scope cam product will work on any spotter and binos--for $120--less than half the cost of magview.

Now--we'll see how well it works.

Having had this setup a couple of years now. How are you liking it. Would you still make the same choice. I have an ollin but just got a new phone and trying to decide if I should continue down this route and buy a new phone case which is a pain. Also with the plethora of cameras on new phones I don’t like that the ollin only allows for the use of a single camera lens. Can the scope cam adapter be used on the different camera lens?

 

[Carrot Farmer]

Quick question that I didn't find addressed in this thread or on Ollie FAQ's. Does the Ollie 'Fastcase' fit over a phone that already has an Otterbox on it or does the Otterbox need to be removed for the Fastcase to fit? Thanks in advance.

Ollin case fits directly into phone


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[Farwest]

I have an Ollin on a Leupold 12x40 GR HD Spotting scope, using an Apple 14 Pro Max. The adapter fits perfectly and works fantastic. This adapter for the Leupold Mark 4 Spotting scope and GR HD Spotting scope was just released a few months ago.