2 Jul
2010
2 Jul
'10
12:10 p.m.
On Friday 02 July 2010, Tony Duell wrote:
But are replaceemnt CCD sensors for most video cameras any easier to
find than replacement eyes?
Uh, yes, and it's a whole lot easier to replace. Plus, nice, non-HD-
capable video cameras should be really inexpensive on the used market
these days. You could get a few, and use a few of them to pull spare
parts from. It's not like the things are rare or hard to find, if
you're not too picky about the exact model.
Plus, with the proper filter on the camera, you're unlikely to damage
the CCD. I'd much rather risk losing an easily replacable NTSC or PAL
video camera than my vision.
Pat
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Getting down to 0.08mm is going to be interesting,
what with
beam-scatter and fluorescence. And I really don't like the idea
of using a focus-finder to set it up... viewing a laser through a
magnifying lens seems like a really dumb idea to me, even with
safety goggles.
This is something that I'd probably try to use a video camera with
a good macro lens and appropriate filter to adjust, so that you
don't have to worry about directly viewing the laser beam.