funkedup

Illuminator is finished Everything is wired up now and working well, I just need to get it all put in a neat and tidy box. I am possibly going to move the OSD to the RH of the box, if the wiring looms allow, that way I can change the settings whilst I have the rifle in my shoulder and am looking through the viewfinder. Rather than plugging it into my TV.

Cheers for the info, I love this forum! As I am just dabbling in electronics, it is very helpful for me to pick up some general information. I have spoken with the seller regarding this, and he has informed me that for my use, it will be tricky to set up, but he has told me that he has another. He will be sending the schematic for this along with the viewfinder. This guy is in Latvia though, and he has offered an associate of mine the same viewfinder, so i am a little dubious to whether I will receive anything to be honest! I am getting excited now, as I have received my filter, I have gone for an 850nm My dimmer switch for my lamp is in the post I have a circuit to restrict the current from 12v-5v for the viewfinder (USB only has a 5v output) for this lamp (need a case made up as a bit of a shroud to reduce light spill and hold the filter) it is going to be an adapted lightforce lamp using one of these battery packs

Hey, yeah, i have been looking at these. but first I am going to try a 10 degree 12v 50w halogen spot, with a 850nm camera filter. Just because it is a bit cheaper. I know these get hot, but they will only be on for short bursts of time, I will use a spotter to scan the fields. Right, I have my day scope adapter made up now, the camera shortened and have ordered a EVF it is the same as this on the bay 380422270957 I just don't understand how I am to wire this to the power supply (5v I think) and to the coaxial cable from the cam. I have this Also, when looking at the connector block, how do I identify pin 1, as this could be on either edge. From what I see, pin 1 is 5v +, Pin 2 is -, Pin 3 is vid input But does pin 1 share 5v + with vid +? Pin 4 is for horizontal sync, what does that do? Any help appreciated.

Yeah, I know about the Watec. That is what people are using over here. Some have 1/3" CCD and some have 1/2" CCD, obviously the bigger the better. I bought this cam as a cheap alternative, to see how I get on with my experiments. This is about the cheapest possible way for me to make a bit of DIY NV and at the same time, gain some experience and knowledge. Some test pics Camera in dark room Camera in dark room using remote as an illuminator Camera in dark room, using remote as illuminator, pointing beam through ocular lens of 4x40 tasco scope. This pics were taken with the cam rigged up to my TV. Throwing some IR light at this is going to improve it no end. Just need to find out what wavelength the remote is, it must be around 940nm. I think an 850nm LED illuminator will give me plenty of distance and maybe even 940 at around 3w will be pretty bright and covert. obviously these pics are not the best, but it has given me an idea of the capability. I have now replaced the filters, to see if there are any gains, as I may get a better picture quality.

As the focus of the camera will actually be on the reticule of my rifle scope, the lens I have is a fixed iris 16mm lens. The F stop plays a factor in the amount of light transmitted, so the lower f stop the better. I then use the focus wheel on my scope to bring the target into focus.

That looks ideal. As this camera I have, is only my test bed, I am always keen to learn about other possibilities. I see that is smaller, so could be what I am looking for, but what lux does that work to? Ideally something around 0.0001 would be perfect, but I understand this type of camera comes with a price tag $$$$$$$ I would also like to try a board cam, but again, I am still on my first project, to see if I wish to invest any more time and money into it. I understand that I am going to need some form of IR illumination, as I am going to be shooting out to around 60yds and scanning fields at around 90-100yds. I do not wish to use lasers for the illumination, although some do over here, but this tends to be less advantageous of say an 850nm IR Led. Does anyone have any recommendations of a good small (PAL) compatible viewfinder or screen? Pleeeeeeeease?

Less to go wrong when I am out in the field. It may take a bang and shift a filter, or the function may malfunction. So removing the filters, will eliminate the chance of this happening. I may add them back in, if I decide to use the unit in both daylight and dark conditions. Also, the box is quite long, for what is inside, what is from stopping me, cutting the box and reducing the overall length of the unit by about half? Along with ditching the cast front and rear ends and and remaking these out of delrin, or some other light weight material. Please bare in mind, this will be hanging off the ocular lens end of a £500 riflescope. Any weight saving and shrinking is a positive.

Excellent, thanks for your reply. I have looked at the front mount of the Camera, and the circuit has a cover, which encased the filters and the little motor for this. when the lens (16mm Fixed Iris, manual focus) is screwed into the housing, it touches the cover that held the filters. So, I could possibly, mount the lens ring onto that cover. This will reduce a lot of weight as the front and back of this camera is cast and quite heavy. I am not too bothered about the colour, but I will try it without the filters first, then maybe put them back for some further tests. Thing is, it may take a knock or two whilst hunting, so the less there is to go wrong, the better. Does anyone have any experience of some tiny DVR's with screen, that can cope well with low light cameras? It would be nice to be able to record my trips, but not necessary. Ideally I would like a viewfinder (with Hi Res can be B&W) as this would reduce glare. It would be nice to get the unit set up with a separate output jack, to add a DVR (without a screen). We use PAL over this side of the pond too.

You will have to forgive my ignorance on this, as I am totally new to this sort of technology. I am intending on making this camera a NV spotter, with the assistance of a small DVR screen and some IR light. This is to be used for hunting, possibly as an add on to my rifle scope. This is a big thing, here in the UK at the moment. If you google 'Nitesite' this is similar to what I would like to achieve. As it will only be used in the darkness, am I correct in thinking that I could just remove this complexity altogether, by just removing the filters? If I wish to use this add on to record during the daytime, then the filters would have to be left in the camera. I have never used one of these before, so bare with me Thanks for the information.

Because I am only using it in the dark. Also, I am stripping the camera back to basics. I would like to make it smaller. Thank you for the information though. I have another question. Can anyone recommend any Hi-res 2.5-3" LCD test monitors. Or even something like this? https://www.esdsec.co.uk/CCTV/Service-Monitors/Psg-Pro-Focus-Cctv-Set-Up-and-Focus-Monitor-3440 I am sure this is a trade customer only item, but I would like something along these lines if possible. Cheers

I would also like to point out, I am a total newbie to CCTV products. I have bought this camera as an experiment, for a project that I am working on. I have removed the camera board from the front housing, and taken off the motor cover. Underneath, we have this http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l493/funkedupRapid/e6e86254.jpg One filter is slightly magenta, the other is slightly cyan. Could you please give me any info on what each of these filters are for please? Many thanks

Hi My name is Trev and I am new to the forum. I have recently purchased the above camera, and would like to permanently remove the IR cut filter from this. I was wondering if anyone could give me any information on how to go about this please? Many thanks