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Dartful Dodger:
I was going through my electronics junk pile this weekend and came across an old Digital camera.
it's a 3.5 megapixel camera.  It can take 30 seconds of 320x240 videos and the display screen works, but the photos it takes end up all white with thin black vertical stripes. 

I don't care about fixing it, but I figured there must be something I could do with it.

Any suggestions?

shmokes:
Mount it in your front door and use it as a digital peephole.

Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: shmokes on April 28, 2009, 03:03:35 am ---Mount it in your front door and use it as a digital peephole.

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That actually was the first thing to cross my mind.

I found a byo infrared camera page.  Even thought the page claims it's easy, I think my electrical skills will put the camera one turn of the screw away from a rubbish bin.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on April 28, 2009, 01:56:02 pm ---
I think my electrical skills will put the camera one turn of the screw away from a rubbish bin.


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I'm under the impression that that is your camera's current status anyway.

ChadTower:

You can record 30 second clips but can you output a real time feed to a monitor with it?  A lot of those cameras, if connected to a monitor in record mode, can act like a webcam.

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