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| Tweet Topic Started: 16th December 2013 - 09:47 AM (352 Views) | |
| tubyman | 16th December 2013 - 09:47 AM Post #1 |
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Total cost - £95 Shootable Range - Approx 60m (depending how dark it is) Breakdown of componants: For the Camera. Bullet Type CCTV Camera with IR - £13.98 16mm Board Lens for CCTV Camera - £12.75 3.5" LCD Screen - £17.99 DC 12v rechargable battery - £14.99 DC Power splitter - £1.99 BNC Female to Phone Male Adaptor - £2.08 For the Infrared. Ultrafire 5w IR Cree Bulb for Surefire 6p Torch - £12.50 Ultrafire WF-501B Torch - £5.48 (takes 18650 batteries which i already have loads of for other torches i have) Pressure Switch for above torch - £4.99 Torch Scope Mount - £4.99 Blue peter badge is free! I took apart the camera, removing the built in Infrared, unscrewed the old camera lens, and screwed the new one in, then taped the camera into a empty toilet roll tube. Next you need to try and find the correct focus for the camera to suit your scope, this is very fiddely and is achieved by trial and error, but the camera focus is simply adjusted by turning the camera lens either clockwise, or anti clockwise and then holding it upto your scope. Because the toilet roll tube was too wide to slide onto my scope i have cut a up the lenght of 4 other toilet roll tubes and rolled them in side the first one. the covered the whole lot inside and out with black insulation tape. So now the camera slides on and off my air rifles scope and is nice and snug so as to hold it in place. I have then just taped the LCD screen on to the top of the tube, and taped the cables up too for now. The infrared mounts above your scope and can be used in conjunction with the pressure switch or by the normal on/off button. The IR bulb simple screws into the torch once you have removed the white light that it came with. The range of this set up can be increased by spending more money on your infrared source, however if you are getting a powerful IR, then you need to ensure it has dimming options as IR light is very reflective so at short distance you would not be able to see through your monitor. Here are a couple of photos. Im afraid that the photo is taken of the monitor from my phone, so it doesnt show the quality very well. The fence that you can see is 30m away. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Next project is to make it recordable with out spending much money. Any tips are welcome. The mounting of this is all very crude, however it is working well and can be improved on at a later date. |
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| tubyman | 16th December 2013 - 09:52 AM Post #2 |
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I should have mentioned, i havent got round to testing what the difference in range is achieved by different scopes. I am using a bushnell 3-9x42. I have this in use on my BSA Ultra, and i dont think the set up would be too well suited to a break barrel as i think cocking would be too disruptive to the whole thing. If it was mounted more securely though then im sure this would be fine. |
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