Best phone scope for spotter?

[trophyhunt]

My cuz bought a new Swarovski atx 60 spotter, has a IPhone pro 12. I know nothing about phone scopes, he asked about digi?

[HUNT JR]

I've always used phone skope for digiscoping, that being said the new Ollin Company adapter looks excellent. It attaches using magnets and overall is much quicker to get set up right than the phoneskope is.

The only downside is it is quite a bit more expensive.

[pashok23]

https://magviewgear.com/

[trophyhunt]

I should have added, money is not a problem for him.

[trophyhunt]

https://magviewgear.com/

do you use this ?

[Wolfdog2314]

https://ollin.co/

^ I think think Ollin and the mag view and very similar.

I wish I would have gone with one of these two when i bought the Phone Skope last year. I will likely switch up to mag view or Ollin this year.

I like the phone skope enough. It does the job. Alignment with the camera into the spotting scope eye piece can be difficult at times. Takes some adjustment every time you put it on. When you zoom in to full power especially, you start to get the shade of the case in view.

My setup currently is iPhone 13 pro, phone skope, and Swarovski 20-60.

This pic was at like 1000+ yards


Zoomed in a bit more





You can see in this picture, is the struggle I have a lot while zooming in. Bottom left corner starts to get blacked out. I feel like the alignment of these magnetic phone scopes alleviate problems with aligning the scope with the phone.



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[The scout]

Olin, or outdoorsmans. Phone skope brand is garbage

[hunter399]

I just use some cheap one,that I got off Amazon.
Is it the greatest ,no
Does it work,yes it does.

[lewy]

Tagging, I’m also looking for a new one

[HUNT JR]

My problem with the magview one is that you would have to twist the eye piece of the spotter and change the eye relief in order to take vertical pictures. Could cause problems but i dont know for sure. The ollin would allow for vertical and horizontal without having to touch the eye piece. There are discount codes all over for it too.

I think code CHAG saves you 10 or 20% from ollin.

[Pathfinder101]

Looks like neither Olin or Magview make anything that will fit a Leupold Gold Ring spotter.  My only complaint with this scope (I've had it for over 10 years) is that there is really no good phone scope adapters for it.   

[pickardjw]

I have the MagView and like it. You lose the ability to surface charge because of the metal plate on the back of your phone/case but not an issue for me. I like that it acts as an eye piece cover as well. I don’t take vertical photos/video so that’s not an issue. Indexing is a little tough at first but you get the hang of it.

I was thinking about the Ollin but saw the Hushin guys marketing it and can’t stand them so…MagView was the better choice for me.

Pathfinder - have you looked into the PhoneCam (skopecam) universal? I almost went for that one. It might fit a gold ring. https://scopecamadapter.com/product/universal-phonecam-kit-includes-universal-adapter/

[Pathfinder101]

I have the MagView and like it. You lose the ability to surface charge because of the metal plate on the back of your phone/case but not an issue for me. I like that it acts as an eye piece cover as well. I don’t take vertical photos/video so that’s not an issue. Indexing is a little tough at first but you get the hang of it.

I was thinking about the Ollin but saw the Hushin guys marketing it and can’t stand them so…MagView was the better choice for me.

Pathfinder - have you looked into the PhoneCam (skopecam) universal? I almost went for that one. It might fit a gold ring. https://scopecamadapter.com/product/universal-phonecam-kit-includes-universal-adapter/

I watched the video.  Looks like a solid system, but I don't think it would work any better than any of the other ones I have tried.  The eyepiece on a Leuopold GR is just too skinny.  Doesn't provide enough of a base to hold the "clamp" part of the phone scope tight on the eyepiece.   

[kentrek]

The the swaro x eye peace the ollin adapter will add more vignette ? To the viewing experience which really annoyed me...the metal tines barrel adapter is still the go to

Once a company makes a very simple swaro eye cup replacement that is magnetic then I will switch...the magnets are pretty dang fast

[pashok23]

https://magviewgear.com/

do you use this ?

have on my binos and i love it.

[pickardjw]

I have the MagView and like it. You lose the ability to surface charge because of the metal plate on the back of your phone/case but not an issue for me. I like that it acts as an eye piece cover as well. I don’t take vertical photos/video so that’s not an issue. Indexing is a little tough at first but you get the hang of it.

I was thinking about the Ollin but saw the Hushin guys marketing it and can’t stand them so…MagView was the better choice for me.

Pathfinder - have you looked into the PhoneCam (skopecam) universal? I almost went for that one. It might fit a gold ring. https://scopecamadapter.com/product/universal-phonecam-kit-includes-universal-adapter/

I watched the video.  Looks like a solid system, but I don't think it would work any better than any of the other ones I have tried.  The eyepiece on a Leuopold GR is just too skinny.  Doesn't provide enough of a base to hold the "clamp" part of the phone scope tight on the eyepiece.

If it's worth it to ya, the owner responded directly to me when I had questions about it. I imagine he might have some experience testing it on a gold ring. Might be worth an email or two if you currently don't have a setup that works.

I have an iPhone 12 case that will works with it if you want it. Bought my spotter second hand and it came with the older adapter, so I bought the phone case only to realize I need the new universal piece for the phone case to work. Down the rabbit hole I go, ended up with the Magview but still have the ScopeCam case.

[Threewolves]

1st  phone skope did not line up with my phone. Called them, and while waiting for the replacement to come I was removing the phone skope from my phone and broke my phone. The 2nd phone skope did line up, but now my phone was broke case cracked more like shattered, could not talk, could text and take pictures. Ended up having to get a newer updated phone. Talked to the phone skope folks and they sent me some kind of universal adaptor I think its called the popsicle, you kind of got to mess with it and it kind of works, but not really satisfactory. 

The whole process of dicking around with it pretty much soured me on even using it. I thought it would be cool to take pictures off my scope Swarovski 20/60 HD, now I just don't care.

[millerwheeler]

Taggin , I have a phone scope . Not a fan never lines up on my swaro with iPhone pro max 12

[Stein]

Some day someone will make one that is either much better and worth the crazy prices or at least sell it for a price commensurate with $0.40 worth of injection molded plastic.

It seems like the $$$ spotters would figure out how to throw a $100 bluetooth camera into the thing from the factory and be done with it.  I would imagine hunters and birders would be appreciative.  I think the iPhone camera is about $50.

[pickardjw]

The good thing about the Magview is you don't have to rely on a case or attachment to line up your phone lens with the optic. That comes with the trade off of having to fiddle with it each time, but once you get the feel for it - not a big deal.

Here's a link to footage of my buck this year taken with an iPhone 13 on a Kowa TSN-602 + Magview this past fall. I usually start with the scope on lowest power, attach the phone on 1x or barely zoomed to ensure it's on the lens I want, then zoom until the vignette is gone. Then I don't touch the phone and use the spotter to magnify as needed.

Side note: on the Kowa TE-11z eyepiece, the thickest adapter for the Magview is barely tight enough to fit. I threw 3 wraps of electrical tape around the eyepiece to get a snug fit.

[highside74]

I'm really digging what I'm seeing from the Ollin magnetic digiscoping system. It has a self alignment magnetic case and adapter that just clicks into place.

[huntnnw]

ollin looks slick. Phoneskope and similar ones are going to be obsolete soon

[Pathfinder101]

Pretty sweet footage pickard.