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rjquillin
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 Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:41 pm Post subject: Inspection camera |
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Huge long thread here and perhaps I missed some of the discussion...
HF had them on sale plus I had a 20% off coupon; had to bite.
Finally got around to playing with it.
Pretty cute, but...
The manual has no mention of focal distances.
For some reason I expected some form of adjustment; nada.
About the closest it seemed to focus was ~4 inches.
Tried to read some text and stamped serial numbers; nearly impossible.
Were any planning on using this for any form of detailed inspection, or just a "what's in there" look-see?
As cute as it is, I'm finding it difficult to find an application where any detail at all is required.
Others having different results?
Ron Q.
At 15:21 6/17/2009, you wrote:
[quote]I played with it last night and took the monitor two rooms away from the camera and still had a picture...
<snip>
It looks like the newer models that Ridgid is still selling under their own name, no longer have that option.
Harley[b]
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rjquillin
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: Inspection camera |
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Apologies; found more of the thread.
Looks like others too are also finding close work not great.
Any further opinions?
[quote]Huge long thread here and perhaps I missed some of the discussion...
HF had them on sale plus I had a 20% off coupon; had to bite.
Finally got around to playing with it.
Pretty cute, but...
The manual has no mention of focal distances.
For some reason I expected some form of adjustment; nada.
About the closest it seemed to focus was ~4 inches.
Tried to read some text and stamped serial numbers; nearly impossible.
Were any planning on using this for any form of detailed inspection, or just a "what's in there" look-see?
As cute as it is, I'm finding it difficult to find an application where any detail at all is required.
Others having different results?
Ron Q.[b]
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ronburnett(at)charter.net
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: Inspection camera |
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In my hangar we fight mud dobbers and I will look through the wing inspection holes and be able to tell them at 4" or greater. It'll be worth it for me for just that use.
Ron Burnett
N1131B-8A Moscow Mills, MO
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---- Ron Quillin <rjquillin(at)gmail.com> wrote:
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Apologies; found more of the thread.
Looks like others too are also finding close work not great.
Any further opinions?
| Quote: | Huge long thread here and perhaps I missed some of the discussion...
HF had them on sale plus I had a 20% off coupon; had to bite.
Finally got around to playing with it.
Pretty cute, but...
The manual has no mention of focal distances.
For some reason I expected some form of adjustment; nada.
About the closest it seemed to focus was ~4 inches.
Tried to read some text and stamped serial numbers; nearly impossible.
Were any planning on using this for any form of detailed inspection,
or just a "what's in there" look-see?
As cute as it is, I'm finding it difficult to find an application
where any detail at all is required.
Others having different results?
Ron Q.
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harley(at)AgelessWings.co
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:41 am Post subject: Inspection camera |
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>>About the closest it seemed to focus was ~4 inches...<<
I think I did mention that in one of the emails I sent. In response to other concerns over the camera's diameter being too large to fit in a spark plug hole, I also mentioned that there is a 9 mm camera and extension available for the Ridgid unit, that might fit the HF one. I believe that smaller camera version was listed as having a shorter focal length.
So, if we can find out if the smaller, 9mm camera works with this unit, we can kill two birds...fitting in small holes, and focal distance.
>>Were any planning on using this for any form of detailed inspection,or just a "what's in there" look-see?<<
I originally got it so that I could find dropped washers, nuts, sockets, etc. (done that many times!) inside the wing spar on my Long EZ, instead of fishing around with a mirror in one hand, a flashlight in another, and the grabbing device in my third...<G> I was happy to see that this camera came with a magnet and a fishing hook.
Will also be handy for inspecting fuel tanks when I get the filler holes cut, the hell hole, inside the cowling when attached, checking for insects and chipmunk and mouse storage locations (I recently found a whole walnut shoved into the wingtip light mounting hole on one wing...probably a squirrel, but I didn't need the camera to see it). I really wasn't concerned with viewing anything much closer than a few inches.
Already used it at a friends house to locate some small parts that were dropped behind her entertainment center. We used to have to move that behemoth to retrieve anything! Also used it to see behind my desk here (it's a huge oak desk that has the computer side mounted at a right angle to the rest of the desk, so it fits in the corner against TWO walls...almost impossible to move and difficult to see behind without laying down on top of the desk..after taking the time to clear it off.
I feel I've received my money's worth already!
Harley
ronburnett(at)charter.net (ronburnett(at)charter.net) wrote: [quote] | Quote: | --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: <ronburnett(at)charter.net> (ronburnett(at)charter.net)
In my hangar we fight mud dobbers and I will look through the wing inspection holes and be able to tell them at 4" or greater. It'll be worth it for me for just that use.
Ron Burnett
N1131B-8A Moscow Mills, MO
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---- Ron Quillin <rjquillin(at)gmail.com> (rjquillin(at)gmail.com) wrote:
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Apologies; found more of the thread.
Looks like others too are also finding close work not great.
Any further opinions?
| Quote: | Huge long thread here and perhaps I missed some of the discussion...
HF had them on sale plus I had a 20% off coupon; had to bite.
Finally got around to playing with it.
Pretty cute, but...
The manual has no mention of focal distances.
For some reason I expected some form of adjustment; nada.
About the closest it seemed to focus was ~4 inches.
Tried to read some text and stamped serial numbers; nearly impossible.
Were any planning on using this for any form of detailed inspection,
or just a "what's in there" look-see?
As cute as it is, I'm finding it difficult to find an application
where any detail at all is required.
Others having different results?
Ron Q.
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