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coyoteboy

posted on 12/6/12 at 10:08 PM Reply With Quote
Mine came with a dinky executable on a cd.
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40inches

posted on 13/6/12 at 07:01 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by coyoteboy
Mine came with a dinky executable on a cd.


Same here, RsCap1.10, works well.






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v8kid

posted on 13/6/12 at 07:25 AM Reply With Quote
I just plugged mine in and it played. I did not bother trying the CD as my pc is cluttered up with umpteen programmes that I forget how to use

Will give the cd a go though later after I've finished looking at bits of navel fluff.

Cheers!





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coyoteboy

posted on 13/6/12 at 10:55 AM Reply With Quote
It's a generic USB webcam packaged in a nice alu tube, windows drivers should be fine so you can use whatever webcam software you'd normally use, unless you don't usually use a webcam
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Peteff

posted on 15/6/12 at 04:42 PM Reply With Quote
Should be good for looking up old friends





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stevegough

posted on 15/6/12 at 07:49 PM Reply With Quote
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Should be good for looking up old friends


That's terrible! I'll get YOUR coat!!





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Wheels244

posted on 15/6/12 at 08:11 PM Reply With Quote
Just ordered one.

But not to look up old friends

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stevegough

posted on 15/6/12 at 08:20 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Wheels244
Just ordered one.

But not to look up old friends


You'll never see inside your oil pump with that - not to determine what's causing the oil pressure loss, anyway.





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Wheels244

posted on 15/6/12 at 08:33 PM Reply With Quote
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quote:
Originally posted by Wheels244
Just ordered one.

But not to look up old friends


You'll never see inside your oil pump with that - not to determine what's causing the oil pressure loss, anyway.


Was going to use it just to check the condition of the bore - got to be better than my little finger

[Edited on 15/6/12 by Wheels244]

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Wheels244

posted on 15/6/12 at 08:50 PM Reply With Quote
Can you record the footage with these and if so how ?
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coyoteboy

posted on 15/6/12 at 08:58 PM Reply With Quote
Not sure about the lidl ones but you can with the Ebay ones, just choose a capture file in the software and it records to AVI
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coyoteboy

posted on 15/6/12 at 08:58 PM Reply With Quote
Not sure about the lidl ones but you can with the Ebay ones, just choose a capture file in the software and it records to AVI
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Wheels244

posted on 15/6/12 at 09:01 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks - it's the eBay one I've ordered
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Wheels244

posted on 26/6/12 at 09:32 PM Reply With Quote
Mines just arrived.

Very pleased with it - can't they can make something that works and ship it to the other side of the world for 11 quid !

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FASTdan

posted on 9/7/12 at 03:12 PM Reply With Quote
I ordered one of the ebay ones after reading this thread....its fantastic!!





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Hellfire

posted on 20/8/12 at 07:55 PM Reply With Quote
eBay Item

Anybody got one of these? It's similar but slightly different to the others in this thread. If so, is it any good?

Phil






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coyoteboy

posted on 20/8/12 at 08:40 PM Reply With Quote
That's the exact one I have. It's pretty good. Focuses down to about 50mm. I can do a vid if you like?

[Edited on 20/8/12 by coyoteboy]

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Hellfire

posted on 20/8/12 at 09:39 PM Reply With Quote
The resolution appears to be the same as the previous video already posted but can you adjust the lighting easily?

Phil






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coyoteboy

posted on 21/8/12 at 12:07 AM Reply With Quote
It's a bit non-linear - continuous movement of the brightness setting goes BRIGHT-DIMMER-DIM-DIM but it's not hard if you have half a brain and some hand-eye coordination. It's only VGA res i think, but that seems to be enough to spot obvious marks in bores.
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dhutch

posted on 22/11/12 at 12:53 PM Reply With Quote
Independatly of this thread ive just bought on of these for looking into my ceiling void to trace pluming and wiring.
USB ENDOSCOPE BORESCOPE VIDEO INSPECTION CAMERA

Basically the same thing, but it comes on a flexable stick, with a bit of of a handle with a wheel for controling the light brightness and a 'snap shot' button.

Arrived in 2days, seems to work so far.

Daniel

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Dave Ashurst

posted on 22/11/12 at 01:15 PM Reply With Quote
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Independatly of this thread ive just bought on of these for looking into my ceiling void to trace pluming and wiring.
USB ENDOSCOPE BORESCOPE VIDEO INSPECTION CAMERA

Basically the same thing, but it comes on a flexable stick, with a bit of of a handle with a wheel for controling the light brightness and a 'snap shot' button.

Arrived in 2days, seems to work so far.

Daniel



I hope you have a better experience than I did.

I bought one of those. What a waste. Used it once; the 640x480 resolution is poor (as expected), but I was more disappointed by it not being in focus close-up.
When I got it out to use again a few weeks later it then didn't work at all - got messages like "unrecognised usb device" and "corrupted". I tried everything to fix it - reinstalled software, gave it to the IT team at work etc, then felt foolish and finally binned it.

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coyoteboy

posted on 22/11/12 at 01:25 PM Reply With Quote
Video of mine in use:

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/viewthread.php?tid=176473&page=1#pid1486530

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dhutch

posted on 22/11/12 at 06:05 PM Reply With Quote
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I hope you have a better experience than I did.

I bought one of those. What a waste. Used it once; the 640x480 resolution is poor (as expected), but I was more disappointed by it not being in focus close-up.

I appears to have a fixed focal length of around 60-80mm but gives and ok picture down to about 30mm and upto around 2meters which doesnt seem to bad. Obviously the quality and resolution is as you said 'poor and best' but its given an evenings entertainment looking around the ceiling void of the kitchen and been mildly useful already so assuming the life is better than you witnessed im happy for £30 notes and 2 day delivery.

Daniel

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