Does anyone know of other options to make a camera lens into a telescope? There are only a couple of these not-produced-anymore "Kenko Lens2scope Adapters" available to buy online but maybe there are other still in production items I'm not aware of.
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A used SLR!
Just look through the viewfinder. Add a padded rubber cup, if you wish.
It activates the lens’s stabilization and autofocus, which is immensely useful and something an adapter could never do. And the plastic crop bodies are cheap, and not that big/heavy.
You can also get right-angle adapters for the eyepiece, like:
I forgot about those right angle viewfinders. Good idea!