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How to attach a guide scope to multiple camera lenses?

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MATHIAS LAGARDE avatar

J'aurais besoin de conseils. Je fais actuellement des photos avec mon Sony A7V et soit un objectif Sigma 70200 mm soit un objectif Sony 200-600mm. Dans un but d'amélioration j'aurais voulu ajouter une lunette guide utiliser le logiciel Nina.

Je cherche alors savoir comment fixer cette lunette guide au-dessus de mes objectifs. Sachant qu'ils n'ont pas le même diamètre et que j'aimerais limiter les coûts.

Merci par avance

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Willem Jan Drijfhout avatar

There are probably many options you could do this. To keep it as simple as possible you may want to get creative in finding some attachment points on your setup. This could include:

  • On top of your camera, using a cold-shoe adapter with 1/4” thread, something like this. It assumes your guidescope has a bracket with 1/4” threaded female connection

  • Use a very long (20-30 cm) lens plate (Arca-swiss?) that sticks far enough in front of the mount that you can mount a guidescope underneath it, using a finder shoe connector, something like this.

  • Mount a camera/lens plate underneath your camera, perpendicular to the lens. If you let it stick far enough out to the side, you can mount the guidescope on that plate sideways from the lens.

  • Get a tube ring around your lens with proper diameter (90mm?). Not sure how much space your Sony lenses give you, but I guess it is no problem if it covers the aperture ring or buttons. This might be an interesting option for you, which is 90mm diameter and has findershoe built in.

  • And if you have access to a 3D printer, the options are only limited by your own creativity😀

Good luck and clear skies!

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MATHIAS LAGARDE avatar

Merci pour vos réponses ! J’ai peut être trouvé ! J’ai une cage smallrig autour de mon appareil photo car je fais aussi de la vidéo, soit je fixerai directement dessus soit j’utiliserai une poignée smallrig que je peux mettre par dessus sur laquelle je peux visser le système de guidage ! 😁💪

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