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Originally Posted by Estel View Post
See:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=86332



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After finishing my N900's alternate body project, I'm planning to do something special. You see, I'm probably going to settle down on circle-cover for camera in replacement backcovers. there is no reason, why I couldn't use modified camera module (without IR filter) whole time, with one part of circle cover being just IR filter (for normal photography). This way, camera cover would have 3 states - closed, open, and open-with-IR-filter

Add to this a pack fo high-power IR leds, and you have portable night-vision. Either by looking at N900 screen while keeping it in hand, or - if one want really fancy DIY kit - by hacking together a googles with mount-point for N900, and screen for view (using video output).
Yeah, I read that thread. You and that other fellow sure have some courage picking on your poor N900 camera modules like that!

Also, interesting that at least 2 different camera module assemblies were produced. It's easy to think many other parts were the same. This was a common source of worries and expectation for IBM Thinkpad users (which manufacturer has produced which part, such as keyboard, screen, etc), as it was part of forum knowledge that some manufacturers produced far superior parts, but unfortunately it was impossible to tell beforehand which one you would get.

Yeah, that night vision project is starting to sound quite powerful.

Estel, have you thought of providing a way to fit some sort of standard camera mount to your body replacements? I suppose an N900 might get quite unwieldly with a large lense attached to it, but I've seen it done with iPhones. Just throwing that in there, don't get some crazy ideas.

I wonder how much light might I get from some kind of IR headlamp in total darkness without even removing the IR filter from the N900 camera.
 

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