Picatinny to Hot Shoe Camera Adapter

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I've got a "red dot" sight that mounts to my camera. https://amzn.to/2AY89kx When you shoot video of rockets, there's a bit of an issue - the LCD screen is too slow and too low res to effectively track a 200-1000mph rocket! You need an optical sight. Normally I just mount my video camera "to" my still camera, align them, start the video, pick focus, and zoom level, then switch focus to manual to lock it in place. Then I take my pictures and keep following the rocket via the optical sight to get more video. When shooting just video, you need an optical sight too. That's where this comes in - make sure it's a tight fit, use your windage and elevation adjustments, zoom the camera all the way in on something 100+ feet away, now adjust the optical until it's on the same point. I included a 3 degree down version as well because my red dot couldn't adjust enough for the camera's focus point. The 3 degrees worked like a charm. The reason is there's no drift or drop with a camera, so the sight can't lead the target - it has to be spot on so the subject stays in the camera's frame as long as you have the "dot" on the model. It works quite well!