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Posted by Si Ballenger on March 16, 2007, 7:53 pm
On 16 Mar 2007 07:14:06 -0700, j@thewolfweb.com wrote:
>> >Hello,
>> >I'm trying to find a bunch of cheap cameras for a budget project I am
>> >working on, but I haven't had much luck. I need the following:
>> >- small enclosed camera or board camera
>> >- black and white
>> >- usb or 1394 with directshow drivers (preferably UVC or DCAM)
>> >- m12 or cs lens mount
>> >- no IR filtering
>> >- 1/3" or greater sensor size (to expand field of view with lens)
>> >- less than $100
>> >no real preference on:
>> >- resolution
>> >- sensor type (CMOS CCD)
>> >ironically a cheap $5.99 webcam off ebay did the job, except:
>> >- need to mount two of them (not stereo though) in PERFECT alignment
>> >and cheap swivel plastic, etc just doesn't work
>> >- need to mount super wide angle lense
>> >- would prefer strictly b&w
>> >any idea on resources to help find this? All of the machine vision
>> >cameras I'm seeing are well over $100! I'm quite irritated that it
>> >looks like I'm going to have to fork out that much each of these when
>> >the $5.99 camera had all of the electronics covered!
>> >Thanks in advance for any help!
>> Have you actually tried using two or more USB cams at the same
>> time in your project? When connected to a PC, most USB cams can
>> only be used one at a time.
>No, actually I haven't. I've used them separately but haven't been
>able to align them well enough to use them simultaneously. What route
>should I go for 2 cameras, most likely on the same DirectShow filter
>graph? 1394?
Not knowing what the intended use is, I would think several
analog cams being switched to use a single capture card/device
would be a possible solution. Supercircuits below has a large
selection of analog cams.
http://www.supercircuits.com/
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>I'm trying to find a bunch of cheap cameras for a budget project I am
>working on, but I haven't had much luck. I need the following:
>- small enclosed camera or board camera
>- black and white
>- usb or 1394 with directshow drivers (preferably UVC or DCAM)
>- m12 or cs lens mount
>- no IR filtering
>- 1/3" or greater sensor size (to expand field of view with lens)
>- less than $100
>no real preference on:
>- resolution
>- sensor type (CMOS CCD)
>ironically a cheap $5.99 webcam off ebay did the job, except:
>- need to mount two of them (not stereo though) in PERFECT alignment
>and cheap swivel plastic, etc just doesn't work
>- need to mount super wide angle lense
>- would prefer strictly b&w
>any idea on resources to help find this? All of the machine vision
>cameras I'm seeing are well over $100! I'm quite irritated that it
>looks like I'm going to have to fork out that much each of these when
>the $5.99 camera had all of the electronics covered!
>Thanks in advance for any help!