Re: How can I mount an iPhone to my scope?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Maelek</div><div class="ubbcode-body">never tried that before...would be interesting to find out how they do that</div></div>
How much do you want to spend to find out? What recorded view do you want of your shooting? What targets and why record them?
The "Elcan Digital Hunter" is a riflescope with a 5 megapixel CCD and a 640x48 color LCD display. It overlays a digitally generated reticle on the live image so it has no parallax. Elevation and Windage are adjusted by the clocking of the CCD. It uses SD memory to store video clips. It has programable drop tables and the user can generate their own reticles.
It works as advertised recording whatever is viewed though the scope with post triggering of stored memory to show events for a few seconds before and after when a shot is fired. Whether that's useful or desirable depends on your application. You get a lot of videos showing the view jumping related to recoil. A video spotting scope will make better quality recordings without the recoil bounce. The (only?) use I've found is diagnosing holds and trigger control of student shooters. An instructor can watch what the shooter sees and record breath control, trigger jerk, followthough, etc.
Seeing a cell phone video screen mounted on the back of a riflescope will require young eyes that can focus at a few inches. It won't work for us old guys without using custom high diopter glasses.
For viewing targets a cell phone camera might be useful if it can be mounted close to a long range target so bullet impacts can be viewed without a spotter. I've used PC cameras and WiFi for that. I wouldn't want to use a cellphone to replace a direct view eyepiece for any normal shooting.
