Posts for: tommy2
Jan 6, 2024 23:50:11 #
Serving in the Navy overseas after being drafted a few years before.
Dec 29, 2023 11:07:52 #
Thank you for the positive comment!
Dec 28, 2023 10:56:24 #
Bought this item several years ago when moving into an upper level apartment in a building bordering a large metropolitan park for bird watching/photography. Found there are only a few bird species in the area and became bored. it's been sitting in the closet for half dozen years taking up space. Paid over $500 for it with the Teleview 8 - 24 mm eyepiece. For sale for $235 plus postage.
Dec 6, 2023 20:20:55 #
"Enjoy playing with your scope/ lens."
My thoughts too. I've moved from throwing money at a project to seeing just how far I can push a bunch of old parts to work together.
The curse of an old engineer with a hammer and pliers.
My thoughts too. I've moved from throwing money at a project to seeing just how far I can push a bunch of old parts to work together.
The curse of an old engineer with a hammer and pliers.
Dec 6, 2023 11:59:02 #
Good grief - UHH is a treasure trove of golden info!
so need to figure out what and how the suggested option works and look for ingredients to make that happen.
Where this is coming from is I live in an upstairs apartment in a downtown building and see all types of interesting happenings off my balconies...now using this set-up a few can be captured for printing. WOW
so need to figure out what and how the suggested option works and look for ingredients to make that happen.
Where this is coming from is I live in an upstairs apartment in a downtown building and see all types of interesting happenings off my balconies...now using this set-up a few can be captured for printing. WOW
Dec 6, 2023 11:07:08 #
"The issue with 'Telescope converters' is..."
So I thought about your post and looked for an old Canon 40d body in the junk box, put the lens on it and mounted it on a tripod to have a very clear lens telescope. Now only need to find an angled adapter to look through the viewfinder. Actually makes a reasonably sized telescope with auto focus to boot. Thank you
So I thought about your post and looked for an old Canon 40d body in the junk box, put the lens on it and mounted it on a tripod to have a very clear lens telescope. Now only need to find an angled adapter to look through the viewfinder. Actually makes a reasonably sized telescope with auto focus to boot. Thank you
Dec 5, 2023 11:46:43 #
Ok, the mention of a Barlow makes me feel better - have one plus an erecting lens. Don't know if one of the angled eyepiece holders might have the erecting prism built in or not but maybe the Barlow will fix that part's additional light path. Thank you again.
Dec 5, 2023 11:38:57 #
Good idea - what Bob Atkins suggests. Just have to embolden myself and get a hacksaw - do have all the necessary parts. Thank you.
Dec 5, 2023 10:44:58 #
That was my first thought but KEH will give me barely enough to buy a Penntax spotting scope. I borrowed a friend's and found they do not have the sharpest optics - compared to the canon lens. Also found this : Kenko Lens2Scope adapter but it does not allow the use of a telescope eyepiece - it has one built in and I want to use a quality lens I have left over from celestial bodies viewing. Thank You
Dec 5, 2023 10:26:40 #
Since my 70 to 200 lens has not sold I want to convert/adapt it to be a spotting scope. I would like to add something to it to allow a telescope eyepiece to be attached. Any thoughts on this project would be appreciated. Thank you in advance, Tommy
Nov 27, 2023 14:14:53 #
Hi Neighbor, those were tense times.
Nov 27, 2023 13:16:05 #
Being a Navy Spook on high alert at a NSA communications intercept site in Turkey. We just knew the Russians would launch a full fledged attack soon. They had shot down Gary Francis Powers just a year or so before to cripple our early warning system.
Oct 30, 2023 15:52:06 #
Maybe I could post a list anyway, printed off the offers from KEH. Will look for that and scan it to publish.
Oct 30, 2023 07:48:31 #
Tried to just get residents together to discuss photography and only one person responded to my post in the facility newspaper. Talked to one person one time on the phone but no eyeball meeting...oh well.
Oct 29, 2023 18:41:20 #
If I wanted to ship it I would let KEH send the shipping container and pay for it to be sent to them instead of hassling with one or more private buyers. Should anyone buy the items from KEH, they would most likely pay twice the price. Thank you for the concern.