Kowa 554 digiscoping

Njadams13

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How is everyone digiscoping with the 554? I have one on the way. I looked into Olin, but they don’t seem to make one. Magview has been sold out for a while, and I have zero experience with phoneskope. Just looking for input before I start flinging money to find something I like
 
I've used the ScopeCam successfully with mine but I have to say it's not a great scope for digiscoping. It works, but plan on zooming your phone in quite a bit as the field of view is pretty narrow on that scope.

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I’ve used the PhoneSkope on my 554 extensively. I don’t like the clunky case and the multiple adapter rings, but it does work well.
 
Reach out to Ollin. Get the spec sheet for all the eye piece adaptors. Order the one that is just larger than your eyepiece. Wrap your eyepiece with a little electrical tape and the ollin fits perfectly.
 
I just picked up an On Glass adapter for my 554 and am totally blown away by how good it is. I had previously been using a Phone Skope adapter with the universal lollipop and finally got to the point where I quit trying to use it because it was such a pain to center the lens and keep it centered when twisting on the the adapter.
The On Glass, however, is a dream! It pushes onto to the eyepiece at whatever orientation I want, then the phone snaps into place dead center every single time. It also doesn't require a specific case for your phone. I'm giddy over this thing.
 
I got a mountain mag this year and have really liked it. It’s a slick system that makes digiscoping through the little kowa very quick and easy

 
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