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Old 31-01-2011, 03:18 PM
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Garden hose finderscope

You know how it goes...
Your sitting in the shed wondering what to do next and you think
“Wouldn't it be nice if I had a camera on the finderscope”.
So you grab the finderscope, measure the diameter of the lens and sure enough it's not a standard size. You curse at those engineering idiots for not using a standard size and you look around for something that might fit. This ..no, that..no,that..no and then you see a dirty discarded garden hose fitting. Hmmm, if I file down the threads on the inside it'll be a squeeze fit on the finders' lens...if I hack off the hose bit and drill the hole out a little and get a bucket load of araldite we might just make it. Bugger...can't get the camera close enough for prime focus...have to use the original crappy lens. Hey it works!!
It aint pretty but it sure saves me a bucket of time finding things!!!
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Old 31-01-2011, 03:37 PM
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Nice one Steve, I know exactly where you are coming from, I was always making stuff out of the bits and pieces around the shed, nice job mate.
And i see you used a quality hose fitting Gardena

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Old 31-01-2011, 08:29 PM
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Now why didn't I think of that , it's just .... so obvious !

Excellent work !!
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Old 31-01-2011, 08:48 PM
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Saves you a bucket of cash too! Well done. I see you bought one of those Philips 880's. Super little cams.

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Old 31-01-2011, 11:08 PM
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well done
love it
i can relate
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Old 01-02-2011, 04:03 AM
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OK. I'll bite. What is the switch and second cable to the web cam?

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Old 01-02-2011, 04:49 AM
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OK. I'll bite. What is the switch and second cable to the web cam?

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Old 01-02-2011, 08:43 AM
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The switch is "video/long exposure" mode and the second cable carries the LX signal from the parallel port.
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Old 01-02-2011, 08:45 AM
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Wish I'd found them earlier. Would have saved a bucket of money.
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