Orion SteadyPix EZ, 5347 Instruction Manual
Orion® SteadyPix™ EZ
Smartphone Telescope
Photo Adapter
#5347
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the Orion SteadyPix EZ
Smartphone Telescope Photo Adapter! It’s an improved design that is
simple to use, sturdy, and is compatible with even the biggest smartphones on the market today -- phones up to 8.3" x 4.7". The SteadyPix
EZ securely couples your smartphone to a standard 1.25" telescope
eyepiece, enabling the capture of high-magnification digital photographs
through the telescope using the smartphone’s built-in camera. Use it with
telescopes, spotting scopes, binoculars, or even monoculars – in daytime or at night. It holds your phone's camera steady and in exactly the
correct position relative to the instrument’s eyepiece to give a perfectly
framed and focused image shot after shot – which is virtually possible
when trying to hold the phone up to the eyepiece by hand.
The SteadyPix EZ also lets you display a live view of the image projected by your telescope on your smartphone screen, which is perfect for
sharing real-time views of the Moon or planets with friends and family.
The smartphone becomes a mini display monitor!
We hope you have fun taking pictures with your smartphone using the
SteadyPix EZ!
Compatibility
The Orion SteadyPix EZ is designed to fit slate style (flat) smartphones measuring from
4.7"x2.4" up to a maximum of 8.3"x4.7". The phone’s camera lens should be oriented
near the top of the back side for unobstructed alignment with a telescope eyepiece.
The SteadyPix EZ was designed with an adjustable bracket to allow compatibility with
most currently available smartphones, including large ones like the iPhone 6s Plus and
Samsung Galaxy Note 5.
For best results we recommend removing any case or bumper from the phone before
installing it in the SteadyPix EZ. Even if the phone fits with the case left on, it may prevent
the phone’s camera lens from getting close enough to the telescope eyepiece, which could
result in a constricted “keyhole” field of view on the phone screen (Figure 1A). When the
camera is allowed to get as close as possible to the telescope’s eyepiece, the image from
the telescope will fill up much more of the phone’s screen (1B).
The SteadyPix EZ can be used with virtually any size or type of telescope – refractor,
reflector, or Cassegrain-type – that utilizes a standard 1.25"-diameter telescope eyepiece.
WARNING: Never look directly at the Sun through your telescope or its finder
scope – even for an instant – without a professionally made solar filter that
completely covers the front of the instrument, or permanent eye damage could
result. Young children should use this telescope only with adult supervision.
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Figure 1. Removing the bumper or case from your smartphone may avoid a constricted field of view
as in A. With case or bumper removed the image will fill more of the phone’s screen, as in B.
Figure 2. Examples of two eyepieces with housing diameters that are compatible with the SteadyPix EZ.
The 25mm Sirius Plossl (right) has a housing diameter of 35mm; the 3mm Edge-On Planetary eyepiece
has a housing diameter of 45.5mm. Both eyepieces are shown with their rubber eyecups removed.
B.A.
The included eyepiece clamp fits eyepieces with housing diameters from 31mm to 55mm
(Figure 2).
NOTE: If the eyepiece you’re using has a rubber eyecup, it may be necessary to remove
it so that it does not interfere with proper clamping and positioning of the eyepiece in the
SteadyPix EZ. You can re-attach the eyecup once you’re finished using the SteadyPix EZ
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