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Nov 14, 2012, 4:40:28 PM11/14/12
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http://hackaday.com/2012/11/14/demystifying-camcorder-crt-viewfinders/
just seen this on hackaday which gave me a idea for making my own video goggles for FPV , wondering if anyone wants to help design some or can give me a reason why thats a bad idea ? i know i can get some goggles from china for about 80$ but i see camcorders in goodwill for way less then that ,
sounds kinda trivial to me , two crt viewfinders connected to video output of receiver mounted in some kinda headgear
Joe I.
Nov 14, 2012, 5:21:54 PM11/14/12
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I can tell you from experience helping someone hack together some video goggles out of a pair of small CRTs that your eyes can't properly focus on a screen that close unaided. I tried, and man it will give you a headache real quick. The commercial goggles have a pair of lenses in them which correct this.
With that said, I agree that they are the only non-trivial part of the setup. If you were to figure out the necessary specs on such a pair of lenses and where to acquire them, then I think you'd be good to go. Said friend and I keep talking about coming to a LVL1 Tuesday meeting, if you're interested in seeing what he did maybe that'll be enough to get us off our duffs and over to the space.
-- Joe I.
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Nov 14, 2012, 6:06:37 PM11/14/12
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TY , you answered one of the main concerns i had with the idea , eye focusing an it causing headaches ,.
ive noticed the lens in front of commercial goggles , although ive never had a set to play with an look at with digi calipers an stuff , i wonder if you could use plexiglass and sand / polish it into a lens ,
one thing that makes this mailing list so cool is the fact it puts you in touch with others that have tried an failed or had success making/hacking projects like this ,, way cool you have tried this allready id love to see your experiment , sounds cool !
i wanna say yeah man bring it down an come to a meeting that would be cool ,, just hard for me to say ill be there also , either way i bet there is others there that would also enjoy seeing it ! dont count me out though if you come i maybe able to make it too :)
ive noticed the lens in front of commercial goggles , although ive never had a set to play with an look at with digi calipers an stuff , i wonder if you could use plexiglass and sand / polish it into a lens ,
one thing that makes this mailing list so cool is the fact it puts you in touch with others that have tried an failed or had success making/hacking projects like this ,, way cool you have tried this allready id love to see your experiment , sounds cool !
i wanna say yeah man bring it down an come to a meeting that would be cool ,, just hard for me to say ill be there also , either way i bet there is others there that would also enjoy seeing it ! dont count me out though if you come i maybe able to make it too :)
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Nov 16, 2012, 12:03:17 AM11/16/12
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Umm, if you can salvage the viewfinder's optics from the camcorder,
that should work. Makes the viewfinder image manageable in that
context.
73
On Nov 14, 6:06 pm, "#" <jasonpittman...@gmail.com> wrote:
> TY , you answered one of the main concerns i had with the idea , eye
> focusing an it causing headaches ,.
> ive noticed the lens in front of commercial goggles , although ive
> never had a set to play with an look at with digi calipers an stuff ,
> i wonder if you could use plexiglass and sand / polish it into a lens ,
>
> one thing that makes this mailing list so cool is the fact it puts you
> in touch with others that have tried an failed or had success
> making/hacking projects like this ,, way cool you have tried this
> allready id love to see your experiment , sounds cool !
>
> i wanna say yeah man bring it down an come to a meeting that would
> be cool ,, just hard for me to say ill be there also , either way i bet
> there is others there that would also enjoy seeing it ! dont count me
> >> viewfinders/<http://hackaday.com/2012/11/14/demystifying-camcorder-crt-viewfinders/>
that should work. Makes the viewfinder image manageable in that
context.
73
On Nov 14, 6:06 pm, "#" <jasonpittman...@gmail.com> wrote:
> TY , you answered one of the main concerns i had with the idea , eye
> focusing an it causing headaches ,.
> ive noticed the lens in front of commercial goggles , although ive
> never had a set to play with an look at with digi calipers an stuff ,
> i wonder if you could use plexiglass and sand / polish it into a lens ,
>
> one thing that makes this mailing list so cool is the fact it puts you
> in touch with others that have tried an failed or had success
> making/hacking projects like this ,, way cool you have tried this
> allready id love to see your experiment , sounds cool !
>
> i wanna say yeah man bring it down an come to a meeting that would
> be cool ,, just hard for me to say ill be there also , either way i bet
> there is others there that would also enjoy seeing it ! dont count me
> out though if you come i maybe able to make it too :)On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Joe I. <j...@ibershoff.com> wrote:
> > I can tell you from experience helping someone hack together some video
> > goggles out of a pair of small CRTs that your eyes can't properly focus on
> > a screen that close unaided. I tried, and man it will give you a headache
> > real quick. The commercial goggles have a pair of lenses in them which
> > correct this.
>
> > With that said, I agree that they are the only non-trivial part of the
> > setup. If you were to figure out the necessary specs on such a pair of
> > lenses and where to acquire them, then I think you'd be good to go. Said
> > friend and I keep talking about coming to a LVL1 Tuesday meeting, if you're
> > interested in seeing what he did maybe that'll be enough to get us off our
> > duffs and over to the space.
>
> > -- Joe I.
>
> > On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:40:31 PM UTC-5, eeee wrote:
>
> >> http://hackaday.com/2012/11/**14/demystifying-camcorder-crt-**
> > I can tell you from experience helping someone hack together some video
> > goggles out of a pair of small CRTs that your eyes can't properly focus on
> > a screen that close unaided. I tried, and man it will give you a headache
> > real quick. The commercial goggles have a pair of lenses in them which
> > correct this.
>
> > With that said, I agree that they are the only non-trivial part of the
> > setup. If you were to figure out the necessary specs on such a pair of
> > lenses and where to acquire them, then I think you'd be good to go. Said
> > friend and I keep talking about coming to a LVL1 Tuesday meeting, if you're
> > interested in seeing what he did maybe that'll be enough to get us off our
> > duffs and over to the space.
>
> > -- Joe I.
>
> > On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:40:31 PM UTC-5, eeee wrote:
>
> >> viewfinders/<http://hackaday.com/2012/11/14/demystifying-camcorder-crt-viewfinders/>
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