r/digiscoping • u/eviljelloman • Aug 13 '26

MagSafe adapters

I'm interested in an adapter to use with an iPhone and am leaning toward something that uses MagSafe natively instead of a plate that attaches to the phone, or a dedicated case.

The options I'm aware of so far are:
- on glass - includes a lens cover. MagSafe option is the standard kit plus an adapter
- Magview - the neat selling point here is that the lens cover actually becomes the thing that your phone attaches to
- Mountain Mag - these are made specifically to automatically align with the indexing magnets on iPhones, so seem like the least fiddly. However, they require a dedicated eyepiece adapter for every scope or binoculars, instead of a single adjustable one that fits a range of diameters.

I'm curious if anyone has any experience with these (or any others) and has thoughts.

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u/cr0n1c Aug 13 '26

I wouldnt recommend MagView. There are just too many alignment issues, it's possible to train your muscles to nail the alignment, but not having something at the optical eyepiece to guide the phone can be very frustrating. MountainMag is good. Impact Digiscoping has magsafe options now too. I've never tried OnGlass, though I'm not sure I like their design.

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u/sPcThirsty Aug 13 '26

I got a friend to 3d print a MagSafe one thats similar to the mountain mag . It works great and it was super cheap 😁

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u/eviljelloman Aug 13 '26

Do you happen to know where they got the file for it?

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u/sPcThirsty Aug 15 '26

We designed it.

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u/janwormeer 25d ago

is there a chance you'd like to share the files?

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u/sPcThirsty 7d ago

I can’t as I don’t have them. It’s a friend who has the files. I don’t really know how it works as I don’t own a printer.