Get Better ScopeCam Videos With The Orion's SideShot Adapter For Firefly 

Haji! Thanks my friend! I'm really happy you enjoyed the video. Your words mean a lot to me! Thanks for sharing!

Oh Norm, The honor is mine! You are family and it's weird that even without having the chance to meet personally I feel I know you for long long time. It's amazing you guys were thinking doing this while I was recording I recorded this last Friday!

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter you my friend are a genius

I have the feeling your first comment was before watching the video and this is the "after" the video! Thanks once again ;)

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter LOL yes you are correct, it took me a minute or so to figure out the install, but after looking at it, it made sense on how the adapter would be fastened to the side shot. I will let you know how my scope footage turns out, I will probably upload it to my RU-vid Page. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5zQxLdwDib0.html

I'm so happy the video was useful for you and you were able to make it work. Thanks for sharing your feedback. The way you did your alignment without monitor is how I used to do it also until one day I decided to buy an external monitor, I can use that one also for my videos so it was a win-win

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter If I start making videos I’ll get a monitor too.

Oh thanks for the kind words. Please let me know how it goes, remember, turn that diopter a little at a time until you get crisp reticle

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter I will follow your instructions to the tee. Thank you and your welcome.

@@wmnapier how did it work and what was the total cost

Thanks Stoti! Appreciated!

My friend! I'm happy you enjoyed the video! Thanks for letting me know!

Glad it helped! I couldn't find any video like this, and it took me more than a year to find the system I really like

My brother Steve! I'm glad you watched it! I should have mentioned that some cameras will project the image off-center LOL.....

Gracias Cristóbal!

Thanks buddy, I'm happy you liked the video!

My pleasure! Hope this will help more people to have more channels to watch!!!

My friend!! Yes this system is very good, I get very very good results with it!

I took my time to finish that video! I'm glad it was helpful

I'm happy the video could help! I really wish I had a video like this when I started, it took me almost two years expending and testing on gears to just find what really works.

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter I really appreciate all of your hard work!

Thanks Margarita!

I followed your advice and upgraded to a bad ass scope now... wow with the video quality!!! You will see on the next hunting video

Thanks! I think it's similar to something I know you know that I know ;)

You mean, scope cam recorder? Wait for my next video!

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter lol! Yep!

Thanks!!!

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Shane!

Thanks my friend! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Imagenes de caceria vienen pronto!

Thanks Mikes!!!

Oh man, I've been tempted to buy the GoPro, but with the queality I'm getting out of this little camera is hard to justify that much money in something that will be used for just scope cam :( You are right, just because the scope is expensive doesn't mean the glass is great, also you can find scope that have great glass and affordable price, typically 1K+ scopes have great glass, but what really matter when filming is the glass, even the tracking and all that stuff is not relevant, if you are not dialing, I'll probably talk about scopes in another video! Thanks for the comment, and the question is.... are you happy with your GoPro?

Muchas gracias Jose Luis! Me alegro que haya sido util

I can do an editing video, I just don't know if the people that follow me will be interested in such a thing. But I'll put it on my to-do list

Chris my dear friend! I'm really happy to help brother, anything you need, let me know! Take care my friend!

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter ok thanks i would buy a bunch of stuff from you but I'm laid off at the moment cause of the covid virus but ill be back at work in the beginning of December God willing 🙏

@@chrisfigueroa3361 Oh boy I missed this, I didn't know you were laid off.... really sucks, really hope you get your hob back soon my friend

Jim!! Thanks for buying the adapter! Yes, this video was due! I'm glad it helps!

Thanks my friend!

Thanks! Svilen! I'm glad you liked it!

Thanks Ronald, I'm happy you found it useful

Thanks Herbert! Hope this helps people getting better scope cam footage

gracias hermano

Thanks my friend!

In that video I was using a Tract Toric 4-20x50 if you see my most recent video you will see an Element Titan

That's how it's, the Image is reflected inside a mirror and the camera sees a mirror image. I just flip everything on my video editing software.

Hi Dimitri, You are correct but I'll show you a trick on how I do it. Basically the idea is to find the balance where the image on the camera is good and the image on your eye is acceptable to the point where you can see. With some scopes this work better than with others, also if your scope is FFP at low magnification you will get a blurry cross hair so this is what I do to find the best setting for a crisp cross hair. Set your scope to the max magnification minus one setting, this part is just to adjust the crosshair, then later I'll explain how to adjust the image, for example if your scope goes to 20 dial to 18, if it goes to max 25 dial to 20 you get the idea. Then aim to the sky or something neutral and using the diopter set the focus to the camera, as you noticed the best focus on the camera will give you crappy image on your eyes, you wont be able to see the crosshair, this is when now you need to find the balance. Start dialing back the diopter just a little at a time, your image on the cam will degrade a bit but the image on the eye will improve even more, the change on both is not linear, there is a sweet spot where you can achieve pretty good image on both the cam and the eye, after you find the right balance, if your scope is FFP, move the magnification up to the max and the focus will be even better, then check two steps down..... That at least is what I do. And as I said before, with some scopes I can have better focus than with other. After you do this sometimes the focus (parallax) goes out if sync a bit when you are aiming to a target, the previous procedure will give you a nice crosshair (and for that procedure you just used the diopter) but you might notice the image is not focused when you see it is focused on your eye, parallax, so after focusing for the eye perfectly the image I always move my parallax a bit forward until I see the image will start losing the focus. That almost always gives me a sharp image

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter Dear Orion, Thank you for taking the time to answer my question in such detail. These are very useful tips and I'm going to get started with them. Thank you again! Regards, Dimitri

Thanks a lot!! The adapter is good if you have side shot already. My OrionCam system will give really nice clean image. Any questions reach out and I'm here to help

Davinci Resolve

La camara es la 90 degree. El link en la descripcion del video ye lleva a un buen deal en AliExpress. Si el adaptador incluye todo lo que aparece en el video, incluso los tornillos y las tuercas

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter mil gracias amigo como siempre muy amable

Thanks!

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter Did you see the lens? I bought the 90 degree version but the image is smaller than yours

@@cuien686 set the settings as I show in the video. 120fps using the narrow FOV will fix your problem

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter let me try again now do you still use that kit for video recording

@@cuien686 now I'm using my own scopecam the OrionCam

Move the diopter back until the reticle gets in focus

I developed a ScopeCam system I call OrionCam because I have issues with both sideshot and eagle vision

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter can I use your system scope cam using my GoPro 7 black or 10 black? Or do I have to buy the camera on your video?

Hi Frank, Here are the answer to your questions: 1. There's an update. I'm using now the OrionCam, a 3D printed scope cam that I developed. Check link to my online store on the video description. 2. I use a Sig Sauer Kilo 2200 BDX. I like these because they have ballistic calculation with them, so when I range I not just see the yards but also how many clicks I have to adjust. 3. I add the range on the video because some of my viewers are asking for it. 4. Here you don't want to listen to me, I'm a glass addict because I want the best video I can get. I have 2 scopes on the $3K range, you don't need that. The last gun I put together was my RTI Compact and I have to order a scope for the gun having here very expensive ones, but what I learn by doing that is the scope should match the gun, I had a very lightweight gun that it didn't make any sense to me to add a very heavy scope. I ended up ordering an Athlon Helos BTR Gen2 4-20x50 and I'm very happy with that scope, but again the scope world is huge and it will be very hard to recommend a single scope, it will depend on your setup, tell me what is your gun configuration and I can give you an idea with the scopes, because I love scopes more than guns :) On the subject for the guns, you are looking into some heavy heaters there. I don't think you can go wrong with any of those setups you are mentioning there, just take in consideration the length and weight of the gun if you are shooting on the bench or walking around, a long and heavy gun won't do well on my iguana hunting outings, a lot of walk! Look into the Athlon Helos BTR I mentioned above, I think it will be lighter than the Argos, but again, I got that because it was small but nice magnification range. When I go out hunting I don't charge for that, I do it for free to upload videos, I don't have a pest control company or anything like that, some people I see on RU-vid do charge or they have a company for this, I just started my 3D printed site and I offer there the same products I use on my videos! Hope I answered the questions and if there's anything else I can help let me know, who knows if your question can become a video!

www.orioniguanahunter.com check the video description

Don't understand the question. The settings?

The OrionCam is a replacement for the entire scope cam, no need for adapters, it will work by attaching the firefly directly to the OrionCam

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter I have been watching RU-vid more since I got into PCP Airguns, and I finally settled on a FX Impact NKII after watchful many good and some not so good videos. In the end, the performance counts but so does the customer service. FX owners and people who appreciate them like to help others learn about them. You are one example of a great video due to the content and your fast customer service that you early see these days. Keep up the great work!

Yes but the image comes too noisy. 120fps is the best balance

The firefly has two versions, one 170 degree lens and a 90 degree lens no distortion one. That last one is what works

I connect it to an external monitor using a mini hdmi cable

Sure, there is a link on the video description

Link to monitor is there, mine came with cable

Welcome

The network scope?

The scope reticles

It really depends on the use you want to give to the footage, with the phone you are limited to the frame rates you can record. For the slow motions and the amount of videos I do the phone is not going to work for me, but again as I said, it might work for you, there's no one solution works for everyone...

I agree 100% there was a time I could have bought the 2k rifle everyone talks about but I decided to split that money and buy a very good scope and a 1K rifle, and I got the Taipan, the Taipan is now gone but the scope still with me. Love this Toric!

That's what's up! I'm still saving up for my top of the line scope but just like with my new FX-Impact its day will come and I will not be disappointed 😉 thanks for sharing and good luck on the next hunt / video edit 😁

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On high magnifications two things can happen, 1: the quality of the scope, not all scope will give you a clear image at maximum magnification so what you can see on your camera is the same you will see with your eyes, but it's really simple to test, shoot and notice if when you go at max magnification you see with your eyes a shade on the sides? If so then your scope, even when offers that max magnification is not going to be usable for filming at that range, good quality scopes are not going to do that, but cheap scopes will do. I noticed the Arken was doing that, check my video review for the Arken and you will see what I mean there. The second problem is that the camera is not centered, at high magnification you will need to be really centered to see the image, if the camera is just a bit to a side you might get those type of issues, to check if the image is centered, check the black space on the sides of the circle and see if you have the same space on both, right and left, if one is bigger than the other then your camera is not centered, you will need to tilt the camera to one of the sides to compensate, one way to do it is to add washers while you are attaching the screws...

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter Thanks you so much for your quick response. Appreciated it very much.

@@josenormanj.gayoso8344 Hope you can fix it, but I'll be honest, it's pretty common not to be able to film at full magnification, just back one notch and test

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter You’re the best. Appreciated the follow-up.

Davinci Resolve is my editing software, I edit on my computer

OriOn The Iguana Hunter Ok. Thanks bro! 👍💪🦎💥🔫

I'm testing international shipping at the moment. Stay tuned

Thanks I will do as this looks really good for the side shot

The adapter I have is for the metal GoPro adapter you have

Ok then do you post to malta europe ?

@@airrifleshooter.516 I need to check the shipping, I don't think so, did you try?

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter no I did not try

Con esta camara no necesitas cambiar el lente

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter Muchas gracias por responder tan rápido

External monitor is on the video description. Dark shades might be due to scope not be clear all the way of the magnification range, try to record one or two notches away from the max magnification.

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter I didn't have the same issue with my cellphone and the sideshot. Is it possibly an alignment issue? The scope is a 6-24x50. At 10x there is a small dark area in the upper right area. At 14x about 30% of the field is dark. At 20x the dark are takes up about 80% of the field of view.

@@daverocker1 see if holding the camera and rocking side to side it gets better, I've seen the firefly cam sometimes are not centered

@@daverocker1 if the cam is not centered I shim the inside of the case with tape

That's the one, it's compatible!

Will do. Already did a video about how to avoid the 10 common mistakes while filming with the scope. I added few editing tricks on that video, and I think more videos like that could be very helpful

Yes it's possible you have a wide angle lens, you need the 8se 90 as you pointed out.

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter Thanks. That was 170 dollars wasted. Oh well.

@@ellobo1326 can you return it? Hajimoto has the right ones on his website for less than that, and ship from the US

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter I’m communicating with the EBay seller right now about returning the 8s. I found an 8SE on Amazon that says is 90 degree and ordered it. 🤞. Thank you for your concern and follow up. I will update as the situation develops.

@@OriOnTheIguanaHunter Hi. I ordered the 8se from hajimoto and I have the exact tunnel image. It seems that the camera lens is too far back from the side shot. Everything is flush including all screws. It’s almost as if the light blocking spacer is too thick. When I have time, I will remount the phone holder and see if my phone can get a proper image.

lose and rotate the scope rings, that will rotate the cross hair too