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Comment on Turning a broken digital camera into a Time Lapse camera by javapda

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:12:03 -0500

At 13-Sep-2007 23:12:03, javapda posted:

Great job! You amaze me Mr. True.

Hey, so, do the images remain in the camera? If so, how do you do the transfer? Is there a way to do something similar where you have the camera connected via USB and periodically upload the images from the file system?

I have some old (ancient actually) cam-corders and was wondering if something could similarly be accomplished. One of these devices has the color-lcd cracked, so interactive use is all guess work :-)

Thanks again for the terriffic post.

Comment on Turning a broken digital camera into a Time Lapse camera by natetrue

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:17:50 -0500

At 01-Jun-2007 20:17:50, natetrue posted:

Hi Madeline,

Hopefully the front will be all you need, if you can see where the lens cover switch is located. When I'm removing a shell that's stuck like that, I like to pull on it ever so lightly and watch how the shell bends. If you watch very closely you will see what parts of the shell are free to move and what parts are bound - from there you can locate what's holding it back and hopefully identify what's keeping it there. With my X50 I had to do a lot of that; many parts were just inexplicably caught together.

Best of luck with repairing your camera!

Nate

Comment on Turning a broken digital camera into a Time Lapse camera by madeline

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:42:59 -0500

At 01-Jun-2007 19:42:59, madeline posted:

Hey, I found this blog while looking for something like "taking apart konica"... It's the best thing I've seen so far for practical repair info. Like you, I loved my Konica (KD-500Z), but it started becoming less and less likely turn on when I moved the lens cover back, until now it does not ever open out and become a camera. I suspect fine leather dust from a purse it was in gummed up the works, but after blowing it out with an aircan duster, still no go. But it still works to review photos (the only non-camera function), so I feel it's still alive in there...

Anyway, how did you identify which circuits and so forth were involved in the lens cover switch and the power switch?

And I've been having trouble getting the rear part of the camera's shell off. The front part was only held on with screws around the edge, and the rear part had screws around the edge and one in the center back, but when I try to pull it off it seems stuck around the top. Is the screw I can't reach deep in the battery chamber likely to be the culprit, or do you think I should just try to muscle it?

What you've done here with the time-lapse thing is really neat. Congratulations!

Comment on Turning a broken digital camera into a Time Lapse camera by mbrngrboy

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:18:17 -0600

At 26-Jan-2007 12:18:17, mbrngrboy posted:

Can you post a diagram of the picbasic on the protype board?

Comment on Turning a broken digital camera into a Time Lapse camera by jesse

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:54:07 -0600

At 25-Jan-2007 13:54:07, jesse posted:

Awwww sweeeeet! I cant wait to steal this from you and train it on flowers blooming and banana peels rotting and peaches getting moldy and pike place martets emptying, and clouds zooming and hotels being build and maybe Ill screw it to your head and watch your hair grow.