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Somebody is living in the tree :D
Yo! Had a fun time in local forest playing around with DIY-thermal and accidently noticed bright glowing inside a tree! There was also a fist-sized hole one feet below. Does anybody know what kind of animal/bird can it be? :3
u/Organic_Way9800 — 9 days ago
▲ 51 r/Thermal
Fox hunting mice
Yo, sub!
I'm testing my cheap sketchy analog thermal build (check it out in my first post), and today I accidently witnessed in darkness of my local forest first wildlife - a fox hunting mice in the root of a fallen tree about 20-25 feet away :)
Sorry for quality, filmed from a phone. I'm already waiting for mini-DVR to be delivered and i'm gonna be able to film directly from this thing. Cheers <3
u/Organic_Way9800 — 12 days ago
▲ 23 r/Thermal
First DIY - portable thermal camera
Yo, sub!
Recently re-watched Aliens vs Predators and immediately came up with an idea of obtaining Predator's thermal vision :D
The goal was to make a portable cam and cheapest-possible. The device may look kinda sketchy for now, but enough to make it just work and enjoy hidden world.
Components used:
Camera - Foxeer FT640 640x512 full copy. Bought used but in perfect condition. Very mass-produced and primarily used for war drones where I live. Sad but cost-effective.
Screen - 7" EM713-D industrial/CCTV monitor. Connected to cam with AV-in (RCA).
Power - Borofone BJ78 Clever, 10.000mAh powerbank. Powers both cam and screen via two USB-A.
Handle - Some cheap but solid 1/4" monopod for cams.
Overall cost: about 170$(!).
Full analog, zero-delay image, battery-effective maybe, two days passed but powerbank is still 4/4 lights on. The weight of a 0.5L beverage. No temperature measurement or color palettes but I dont mind them. Sorry for possibly bad quality, photos taken on old phone. IRL the image is very detailed and more black-white tones.
Impressions:
Excitement. No lights needed to see everything. Every touch to any object leaves trails/fingerprints/footsteps. A lot of surfaces are now mirrors for far-IR. Glass is non-transparent, plastic bags are full-transparent. Watching a mixing cold-warm water in your bath is pure art :D. Already tested this thing outdoors: lots of small animals everywhere, humans can be detected 1km away as bright dot compared to the background, 100-200m as clear figure with distincive footsteps.
Future improvments: installing mini-DVR to make this thing record smth or switching to FPV-goggles for full immersion.
And of course, the cat 😃
https://reddit.com/link/1ub0ktv/video/2pmi6vktug8h1/player
Quality notes for photos/videos:
- Graininess - the monitor's thing (after recording, found Sharpness in Settings and changed from 50/100 to 0/100 heavily improving image quality).
- Blurriness - recorded via smarthone + thermal cam itself has focal distance 1.5m so things could be closer.
Thx :)
u/Organic_Way9800 — 16 days ago
▲ 6 r/Thermal
Welcome
Hello everyone!
Just bought my first ever thermal cam - Foxeer FT640 and testing it out.
Exciting experience.
It's an analog drone cam with 640x512 matrix. Bought here, in Russia, for 120$ (used but in perfect condition) and since I i'm not a drone owner this thing was made up and running with cheap powerbank, EasyCap RCA>USB dongle and some peices of blue tape.
Almost zero delay, 50fps and HD-like quality (some moments on vid are closer that focusing point so picture is a little blurred).
Gonna test it later in nature mounting it directly to FPV goggles. Predator's vision is a childhood dream :D
u/Organic_Way9800 — 20 days ago