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Second life for x18 motorized lens

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on 2018-06-25 2 Comments
Second life for x18 motorized lens

Had this 18x (5.4-96mm focal distance) salvaged zoom lens in my “inbox” for a while. Finally made it “tick” again with C1 camera and motorized lens controller. Replacing imager was a matter of unscrewing old one and screwing on C1 PCB  – mounting hole spacing matched. And talking of controller – it was not even […]

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Making best webcam even better

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on 2017-07-31 1 Comment
Making best webcam even better

I have been planing to release Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam aluminium unibody rework kit for a while and as soon as I got time, designed and ordered a prototype. After receiving manufactured parts found few minor overlooked issues, but all has been fixed now. Can’t believe how small and slim it is compared to Logitech […]

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Measuring minimal and maximal microscope magnification and zoom ratio

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on 2016-09-05 0 Comments
Measuring minimal and maximal microscope magnification and zoom ratio

Magnification ratio is one of many parameters to describe optical instrument – microscope in this case. Magnification ratio usually comes along with zoom range. These terms are often being misused. In this post I will measure zoom range and magnification ratio of monocular video microscope lens and stereo inspection microscope (Konus #5424) head. Despite being […]

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Microscope lens for SMD inspection

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on 2016-07-19 2 Comments
Microscope lens for SMD inspection

Every proud DSLR owner knows that no universal lens is good enough. While there are tons of lens reviews out there for larger cameras, smaller cameras are mostly left outside. Today I will be reviewing microscope lens. Will be using my own camera C1. Overview Lens is manufactured in China and sold various places. Also […]

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Engineering samples of motorized zoom lens controller

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on 2016-07-11 2 Comments
Engineering samples of motorized zoom lens controller

Today finally assembled few zoom lens controllers to be evaluated by early testers. Had to build test jig to flash bootloader. Boards will be shipped with latest firmware loaded. But new features are being developed and you should update with recent firmware before use. Therefore any feedback is highly appreciated. While forum on kurokesu web […]

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Brief open-sourced motorized zoom lens introduction

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on 2016-06-07 4 Comments
Brief open-sourced motorized zoom lens introduction

While working on some computer vision projects I have been missing feature to control zoom / focus remotely. And I am not the one with problem like this. So introducing motorized zoom/focus lens with USB controller. While lens is manufactured by third party vendor, I had to make compact USB controller by myself. Software is […]

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