Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:20 pm
G'day all, just a little update on my Iconoscope camera.
As I have trouble getting a hold of a wide area photographic camera lens, I've decided to try making my own lens from 2 magnifying glasses, so I've done a little test tacking 2 magnifying glasses (both roughly about 9cm diameter) to a plank of wood and projecting the front yard onto a piece of paper with the size of the Iconoscope's mosaic drawn on it and it worked! I have a nicely projected 9cmx9cm picture on the piece of paper which is more than enough area to cover the mosaic! So now I'm gonna buy me a couple of magnifying glasses from my local el cheapo shop and some tube/container to fit them in and mount them onto a rackable platform to make my lens system.
Anyways that's the latest on my project, am still digging for info and questioning people and writing down notes for constructing the electronics for the camera as I know very little in designing circuits from scratch.
As I have trouble getting a hold of a wide area photographic camera lens, I've decided to try making my own lens from 2 magnifying glasses, so I've done a little test tacking 2 magnifying glasses (both roughly about 9cm diameter) to a plank of wood and projecting the front yard onto a piece of paper with the size of the Iconoscope's mosaic drawn on it and it worked! I have a nicely projected 9cmx9cm picture on the piece of paper which is more than enough area to cover the mosaic! So now I'm gonna buy me a couple of magnifying glasses from my local el cheapo shop and some tube/container to fit them in and mount them onto a rackable platform to make my lens system.
Anyways that's the latest on my project, am still digging for info and questioning people and writing down notes for constructing the electronics for the camera as I know very little in designing circuits from scratch.