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Post by davy on Aug 17, 2014 14:05:29 GMT
Hi folk's. .been looking for a new camera for weeks now. as you all know as soon as a camera comes to the attention of the masses the price shoots up..the samsung scb2000 is the perfect example on a good day on the bay you could pick one up for £45 now look at the prices,if you can get one for £75 your doing ok.
this camera for those looking for a stand alone sky camera for all sky ect this should fit the bill. samsung scd2080p 12v dc 3.5w 1/3rd super had ccd sensor 600 lines colour min.700 b/w min colour-0.15 lux...0.0003 lux b/w sense up x512 52db agc off zoom ratio- 3.6x manual focal length- 2.8-10mm @ f1.2 max aperture-1:1.2 wide 2.8 tel fov-h:94.4 wide 28 tele coaxial control ect full specs from Samsung got mine for £25 delivered
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Post by davy on Aug 17, 2014 14:38:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2014 16:07:19 GMT
For £25 you got a bargain. Where from? What kind of lens fitting does it have. Can you change the lens for a wider one?
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Post by davy on Aug 17, 2014 16:34:10 GMT
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Post by davy on Aug 17, 2014 23:10:42 GMT
probably an m12 board cam mount..can get a 130 degree lens if it is..davy
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 1:48:11 GMT
They are not M12..they are dome camera lenses. I have several samsung dome cameras like this (even this exact model). Standard lenses will not fit. Only lenses made for dome cameras fit theses. The lens fitting is 14mm, and it is smooth not a screw in. The lens clamps in place with a screw. Good luck finding anything but varifocal lenses with this mount type. I have searched high and low to find a fisheye in 14mm to fit these cameras, with zero luck.
They are great cameras and will do fine for allsky, if you can find a lens. What I did for mine was make a m12 lens fitting from another board cam. It did not fit the same screw pattern, so I just hot glued it on.
Good luck with the camera, if you can rig up a lens to fit, it will work well. They are plenty sensitive for this application.
Hemmi
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Post by davy on Aug 18, 2014 5:30:55 GMT
cheers hemi 14mm smooth bore. .ile check it out.
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Post by davy on Aug 18, 2014 5:44:20 GMT
hi hemmi..local diy center does 14mm pipe with a 1mm wall,bit if ptfe tape or hemp for my pipe band chanter will take up the play..davy
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 7:19:16 GMT
If that doesn't work Davy, then the hot glue job as hemmi suggests will work. That's what I done when I changed the zoom lens to a board lens on the SCZ3370 cam I picked up. I ran sky cam on X512 with zero AGC last night just for a test, and I could see the Northern end of the milky way, and clearly make out M31, so you should get similar results. I got no meteors though.
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Post by davy on Aug 20, 2014 18:45:57 GMT
new camera arrived today. .brand spanking new for £25..im a happy bunny. .
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Post by davy on Aug 20, 2014 20:57:49 GMT
update on new camera,,got it rigged up just to test and im pretty happy with the set up ect..small differences to the menu compared to the scb2000 but nothing drastic. works fine with the cheap usb grabber I got last week..it uses the honestech software,i have also tested it with sharpcap and to be honest this is the preffered software,utc controller works a dream with this camera,,will make an adapter plate and fix it to a small desk top tripod,,and its a portable nearly or just a bit of an all sky camera ..lol... another nice adition to the kit I think..a couple of these pointed to different sections of the sky at a dark site coupled up to a 12v cctv dvr recording unattended while you use a main scope I think you would be on to a winner....davy
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Post by davy on Aug 21, 2014 7:24:51 GMT
fair but of heat inside the camera after stripping..going to fit a fan mod to the base at weekend
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