11 Jun
2010
11 Jun
'10
10:11 p.m.
In this case the cameras consisted of two PCBs -- the
main board with
the CMOS sensor and controller chip, and a switch board with the mode
switch and power switch.
What, no LCD display assembly? I would regard that as _essential_ on any
digital camera I had to use.
The cameras had been liquid-damaged and sold as a lot. I replaced a
couple of connectors, cleaned the PCBs, and managed to make a few good
cameras out of a box of bad ones. From the rest, I scavenged the lens
assembly and sensor. Those are in my junkbox waiting for a suitable
Is it possible to get any data on the sensor? From what I recall, driving
CCDs is 'fun' for suitable values of fun. The rise and fall times of the
drive waveforms are critical, for example.
project... I'm thinking of strapping one to a
P8079HP image intensifier
and building a night-vision camera of some description. The lenses are
"semi-fixed" focus -- you can refocus them by loosening a screw and
twisting the front of the lens, then replacing the locking screw.
I once saw a digital camera wit ha 2-position focus control (normal and
close-up). it dit appear to move the lens on a focussing mount. There was
no autofocus, or anything like that.
I wonder if you could use front-of-lence closeup lenses? The resolution
of the sensor in such a caerma is not going to be great, so I doubt you'd
notice any loss of qaulity.
-tony