Spotting Scope Phone Mount: Adjustable Eyepiece Clamp

Holding a phone up to an eyepiece by hand rarely lines up well. On Reddit, one bird watcher looking for a phone adapter for their spotting scope said it “just needs to be compatible with my scope and take decent identifiable photos of birds.”

A spotting scope phone mount is one answer: our collection describes these as mounts that “align a phone camera with a spotting-scope eyepiece.” We sell one, so read this as a shop’s notes on its own listing and collection page.

What our listing says

We list the Adjustable Scope Phone Mount with Eyepiece Clamp in our spotting scope phone mounts collection.

Our listing says it “combines an angular eyepiece clamp, a slotted alignment rail and a padded phone cradle.” It names these parts:

1. Clamp. A black knob controls the threaded screw at the top of the angular eyepiece frame.
2. Rail. A slotted alignment rail.
3. Cradle. The cradle has a textured contact pad and raised side edges.

The listing gives “spotting scope, telescope, microscope and binocular photography; compatibility depends on the eyepiece and phone fit.”

People search for one like this as “spotting scope phone mount”, “spotting scope phone adapter”, “phone adapter for spotting scope”, “phone scope adapter”, “digiscoping adapter”, “binocular phone adapter”, “binocular phone mount”, “telescope phone mount”, “telescope phone adapter” or “microscope phone adapter”.

Before you use it

Our listing gives these steps:

1. Fit. Check the eyepiece diameter and your phone width with its case fitted.
2. Line up. Position the phone so the camera lens you plan to use lines up with the eyepiece.
3. Check. Check the live camera view before taking a picture.

It adds: “A camera bump or thick case can affect that alignment.”

What is in the box

Our listing says it is “a phone adapter only: the binoculars, telescope, spotting scope, microscope and phone shown as scene props are not included.”

Quick answers

Can I use it with binoculars or a telescope?

Our listing gives spotting scope, telescope, microscope and binocular photography, and says compatibility depends on the eyepiece and phone fit.

Where to go next

Browse spotting scope phone mounts or binocular phone mounts, or go straight to the Adjustable Scope Phone Mount with Eyepiece Clamp.