Maybe back
then, but I am sure these days you can get a junked camcorder for
not too much and extract the CCD.
I've got a few JVC camcorder viewfinders
that have been reverse-engineered to
the point of being able to display PAL composite video. I might try one of
Normally you can get JVC service manuals... All my video cameras have the
old-fashioned CRT-based viewfinders, and it's generally easy to see where
to feed video into those.
them on my COSMAC ELF later, just to see if they can
sync to NTSC as well.
OT:
And now to go back to the fun job of fiddling with a pair of dead Jenoptik
cameras. I've got one working, another just needs some connectors reseating.
I would like to know what the 8-pin SOIC chip that sits between the camera
controller and the video output. Hmm. Pin8 is video out.. Pin5/Pin6 GND, pin7
NC.. Hm. Fun! :)
Any markings on it at all?
-tony