Is it possible to take a photograph through binoculars? You’ll either need a steady hand or switch to a smartphone adaptor. <\/p>

The eyepieces in a pair of binoculars cannot usually be removed, which limits your imaging options somewhat.<\/p>\n

Afocal coupling is a technical term for simply holding a camera up to the eyepiece of the binoculars, in this case.<\/p>\n

Usually though, a camera is afocally coupled to a telescope rather than a pair of binoculars.<\/p>\n

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In either case, good afocal coupling requires the surface of the camera\u2019s lens to be virtually touching the eyepiece.<\/p>\n
But direct contact should be avoided as it could result in scratched lenses.<\/p>\n
Hand-holding a camera up to a telescope eyepiece isn\u2019t a particularly easy thing to do.<\/p>\n
To get the best results, some form of specialised afocal coupling platform should be used to keep the camera rigid and on the same axis as the telescope.<\/p>\n
But to the best of my knowledge, no such adaptor exists for binoculars, but you can certainly get telescope smartphone adapters<\/a> that may also work for binoculars.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, for camera a bit of astro-DIY may be required.<\/p>\n
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Mounting the final assembly onto a tripod or driven mount would also require a bit of DIY work as, for the most part, small binoculars don\u2019t come with a tripod adaptor either.<\/p>\n
An alternative to trying to couple a camera to a pair of binoculars is to purchase binoculars with a pop-up camera already built in.<\/p>\n
Several manufactures sell such devices: for example, the Bushnell Imageview<\/a> or Meade Captureview binoculars offer this facility.<\/p>\n
However, the cameras in these instruments tend to be geared to brighter, short-exposure subjects, rather than being designed for long exposure deep-sky imaging.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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