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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: Todd_ID on June 01, 2010, 09:25:41 AM

Title: My Third Homebrew
Post by: Todd_ID on June 01, 2010, 09:25:41 AM: I just finished my third homebrew camera! I love this stuff, but it's getting addicting (and expensive at $100 each). This camera's specs are as follows:
Sony W-80 7.2 Megapixel with IR modification
WalMart Large waterproof box
Vivitar 2800 external flash
Bigfoot Outdoors Slavemaster slave controller
Snapshot Sniper's Simple Sniper Board
HPWA (High Performance Wide Angle) fresnel
3C batteries for camera power
4C batteries for flash power
Infrared material over both camera flash and slave flash
Start to finish build time: about 10 hours over 3 days
The camera seems to be working well in testing in the shop, so we'll see how it does in the field in the next few weeks.

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Title: Re: My Third Homebrew
Post by: saylean on June 01, 2010, 10:23:48 AM: awesome work man. I am looking forward to the pics!
Title: Re: My Third Homebrew
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on June 01, 2010, 10:26:37 AM: That looks great.
Title: Re: My Third Homebrew
Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 01, 2010, 11:45:57 AM: Are you going with an external battery?
Title: Re: My Third Homebrew
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 01, 2010, 12:09:58 PM: good looking rig but the outside looks like it came out the backend of a bear :chuckle:
Title: Re: My Third Homebrew
Post by: bowhunterforever on June 01, 2010, 01:00:40 PM: Quote from: saylean on June 01, 2010, 10:23:48 AM
awesome work man. I am looking forward to the pics!
:yeah: :tup:
Title: Re: My Third Homebrew
Post by: Todd_ID on June 01, 2010, 02:26:08 PM: Quote from: Skyvalhunter on June 01, 2010, 11:45:57 AM
Are you going with an external battery?
Not outside the box. There are 3 C batteries in there that are externals for the camera. Guys online say that it should be good for 9 months to a year, so the memory card is the limitation.
Title: Re: My Third Homebrew
Post by: MasterTracker on June 02, 2010, 01:50:03 PM: Look's like a IED :o
Title: Re: My Third Homebrew
Post by: lilswab on June 02, 2010, 11:40:24 PM: Quote from: MasterTracker on June 02, 2010, 01:50:03 PM
Look's like a IED :o
:yeah: :chuckle: :chuckle:

I am curious to see how well it works.
Title: Re: My Third Homebrew
Post by: Todd_ID on June 03, 2010, 08:57:25 AM: I'm taking it out today to see what it can do. Or more like see what I need to fix. The second one I made is identical, but it has the white flash instead of infrared. It's out at my buddies food plot, and he says it's taking awesome pictures. I'll post a few when he gets the card back to me.