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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 12:00:12 GMT
Luck must be on my side this week. I popped in to drop of some electricals at the local recycling centre and rescued 2 of these from the skip for free. They were swamped with water but i thought they might be suitable for my allsky project. well I took them home and opened them up and found 2 of these inside. They were also swamped with water and probably had been for some time. www.samsungsecurity.com/product/product_view.asp?idx=6318Hastily I stripped them apart and dried them in the sun and on the radiators and put them back together for testing. THEY ACTUALLY WORK!!. AND VERY WELL TOO. I just need to sort out the power supplies and cables and devise a method of remote control and they will be put to good use. The only down side is that the zoom lens does not look like it can be changed, but who cares, they cost nothing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 12:06:26 GMT
nice find!
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Post by davy on Jun 8, 2014 12:19:42 GMT
brilliant,,not a bad camera at all and free is even better...could try controlling them from advr it has pan and tilt controls built in ..davy
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 12:41:21 GMT
If inly I could change the lens or remove it and put a nosepiece on instaed it would be brilliant. It has a comms port for rs485 control but I would have to figure out how to adapt it, or there is a handset available to control the cam. That might be an easier option. Not often I get a freebe as good as this, so I'm well chuffed. I may have to look into a dvr too.
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Post by davy on Jun 8, 2014 12:48:03 GMT
yeah see what you mean allan..can the lens be removed for upgrading to another or is it a fixed lens..
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 13:53:38 GMT
Hahahaha that's some find Allan! Well in!
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Post by johnno on Jun 8, 2014 15:06:54 GMT
good find Allan, and 512x, there must be a way to remove the lens from the front cover from the inside
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 8, 2014 16:05:24 GMT
good find Allan, and 512x, there must be a way to remove the lens from the front cover from the inside Yep, a bloody big hammer! Nice find Allan
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 18:20:48 GMT
Great find Allan can you take a look at what chip is inside w5/6??
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 18:32:24 GMT
That might be a bit extreme Ken. but is an option. The lens, being a telephoto, is pretty big and almost fills the body. It is also encased in a metal frame. The circuits are at the rear and as yet, I haven't seen an obvious wat to change it. I would have to completely dissmantle the camera. As I have two of these, I may be tempted to try, and if it breaks or I screw up, it has cost me nothing. I will do a star test first to see how it performs as a sky cam. When and if I do dissmantle one of the cams I'll take lots of photos to help me get it back together again.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 20:20:26 GMT
It just gets better. A while ago when I got a Sammy SCB 4000, I mistakenly bought a hand controller for the Samsung SCB 2000 thinking it might work. Well it didn't due to the 2000 having a w5 chipset and the 4000 having a w6 chipset. (I think thats right),
Anyways, I found the w5 coaxial controller and it works perfectly. So now I have the remote control I needed. The menus seem pretty straight forward, with lots of control over the camera. Even manual focus and zoom is available, which will be much needed for focusing on the stars as auto focus at night won't cut it.
Just thought I'd say, the pic is so clear I can see the gnats flying over the pond 20' away.
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Post by davy on Jun 8, 2014 20:37:09 GMT
Quality allan...mind put the lottery on this week you would probably win it lol...davy
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 20:46:56 GMT
I did ........... and I didn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 21:44:11 GMT
Nice one Allan, they went to a good home! Look forward to seeing what they can do.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 22:01:53 GMT
It just gets better. A while ago when I got a Sammy SCB 4000, I mistakenly bought a hand controller for the Samsung SCB 2000 thinking it might work. Well it didn't due to the 2000 having a w5 chipset and the 4000 having a w6 chipset. (I think thats right), Anyways, I found the w5 coaxial controller and it works perfectly. So now I have the remote control I needed. The menus seem pretty straight forward, with lots of control over the camera. Even manual focus and zoom is available, which will be much needed for focusing on the stars as auto focus at night won't cut it. Just thought I'd say, the pic is so clear I can see the gnats flying over the pond 20' away. Looking good, might make a great Moon cam, hope you sort a way to attach it to the scope!
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 9, 2014 7:47:47 GMT
Excellent Allan. Hopefully the test will show that the fitted lens is fine when dialled down to widefield.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2014 11:29:46 GMT
I had a quick test last night on a cloudy sky unfortunately, but it shows some promise. There are a few niggles with the menus, like not being able to use sensup without having the AGC on, and although I can manually focus, I cannot remotely zoom with the handset. I have to use the back camera button to set the zoom ratio and then use the handset to focus. Still, as I will be likely using the cam set to wide, this is not an issue. I just need a starry night to see if it will be any good. It does make a fabulous garden security cam though.
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Post by Dragon Man on Jun 9, 2014 14:13:59 GMT
In other words Allan, so far so good
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