USB endoscope - fun and maybe useful gadget

[Olle]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Olle, I bought one last fall - tried it and kind of put it aside, mainly from my being sidetracked.

Give some more hints and tips here, I am interested

I'll probably look around for software that's better suited for this, but there's really nothing to it. You just fire it up and poke around with it. One guy said that you can get a better view in a barrel bore if you use one of the included wire hooks to push a white cleaning patch in front of the camera, and you will also have to play a bit with the light (there is an adjustment wheel on the cable). Also, there's no focus adjustment, and it seems to focus about 1" - 1 1/2" in front of the camera.

It actually came with two different hooks, one is just a wire hook and the other one has a small magnet. The instructions were a bit sketchy, but I would think you can use these if you drop something in a hard-to-reach spot. The attachment (a small plastic sleeve) is a bit cheesy, but it seems to work.

I'm sure there's a lot of uses for this thing, I just hate that I can't hook it up to my iPhone. Just imagine bringing it to a gun show: "You say the barrel is good? Well, let's have a look..."