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Experiments with parfocal motorized zoom lens

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on 2021-07-01 0 Comments
Experiments with parfocal motorized zoom lens

Motorized zoom camera C1_PRO_X18 has two independent stepper motors for Zoom and Focus control. More specifications can be found in the documentation area. By design, this varifocal lens means the focus will be lost after the magnification motor is moved. However, the lens has linear rail reference points and it is possible to calibrate the lens so it will behave like […]

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Cooking C2 camera for science

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on 2021-04-05 0 Comments
Cooking C2 camera for science

C1 PRO camera was known for surviving fairly high temperatures. New C2 was designed with better heat management in mind thus the picture is still usable at 100*C (aluminum enclosure) temperature. Keep in mind that this is not a full-featured test in the thermal chamber, both cameras were cooked on 200W preheat the oven. But I was pretty happy […]

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Pulling full resolution from a webcam with OpenCV (Windows)

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on 2020-07-12 12 Comments
Pulling full resolution from a webcam with OpenCV (Windows)

OpenCV while being the most popular tool for a lot of machine vision applications it relies on a third party and some poorly maintained code. Capturing MJPEG compressed video from a UVC USB camera was always the case and it did not work or worked with some issues. This situation is especially bad for Windows OS. […]

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Measure linear rail quality with camera and excel

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on 2020-06-29 2 Comments
Measure linear rail quality with camera and excel

No matter how precise and rigid your mechanical system is, it will always have some imperfections. These imperfections can be measured and described. If measurements show opposite it means your measurement tools are not precise enough or you are doing it wrong. There are a lot of expensive and highly specialized tools to measure every […]

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Updated C1 PRO x18 motorized camera block

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on 2020-04-10 0 Comments
Updated C1 PRO x18 motorized camera block

After intensive tests and feedback from actual installations motorized 18x zoom camera block gets some updated. From now on only this version will be shipped. Updated feature list: New mount plate More stable and secure mechanical design Occupies less space Added new M3 thread mounting features to mount plate FFC cable attached more securely and […]

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New cameras and near future plans

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on 2019-03-25 0 Comments
New cameras and near future plans

As new amazing cameras are in development and few will be released soon there was a struggle how to name them. Wanted to reflect it’s purpose and have universal coding so there was a big toss between few ideas and finally the decision was made. Kurokesu started camera portfolio with C1 camera in 2014. After […]

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Manual USB camera settings in Linux

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on 2016-01-16 52 Comments
Manual USB camera settings in Linux

More comprehensive updates and knowledge base is maintained HERE     There are many UVC compatible webcams most of them support full auto mode but only a few of these cameras provide extended manual white balance, gain and exposure control. Kurokesu C1 family (C1, C1 PRO, C1 MICRO), Logitech C920 and Brio are the ones […]

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