Micro Video Camera from P51 fly in

Hi Everyone,
If you were at the P51 or the Koast RC flying events the last couple of days you probably saw me playing with a new little micro video camera. There was a lot of questions about it so I thought that I'd post a little info. First of all, this is a modified disposable video camera purchased from CVS pharmacy... Here's a pic of what it looks like



There's a series of 'threads' that I'll list that shows you how to modify this micro camera into a multiple use vid cam, one that you can use over and over and dump the video to a laptop or home computer. You can record up to 20 minutes of video without dumping it. The cam also comes with a built in monitor so that you can see instantly what you've recorded.



If you purchase the cam from CVS be warned that there's a little bit of modding that you have to do which includes purchasing a female usb port and usb cord. I decided to go the easy/cheap route and buy one that was already modded on ebay.

Here is a short video (not for dial up) that I uploaded. It takes some clips from Joe Kreb's Triplane and My Byron Corsair. We plan on getting some great footable from Joe's 1/3 cub here shortly, can't wait for that one....

Tri-plane and Corsair Vid

list of links:

Camerahacking.com
Cam Schematic
Mod guide
Info from G4 tele
RCU link about the cam

Jon,
Being as I am the District Photo Manager for CVS, just want to thank you for ruining my christmas bonus this year. To all others who read this email, please disregard above instructions, and feel free to use camera as CVS intended.

Margo

Sorry about that Margo. You should get a great bonus now for all of the cams that will sell

Actually that was a Wal-mart disposable vid cam

Well that was interesting,
Some one around here attached a 8mm camcorder to thier full scale model
of the Engolagay and drop a mock dummy fatman Nuke bomb,
That model was bigger than scale 60 size

NICE CAMREA WORK THERE,,,