I made a DIY scopecam with a $90 action cam and some scrap aluminum in the garage. Oh, almost forgot I used one of those prismatic cubes also, and changed the lens out for a 16mm lens.
Ratting vid with my DIY scopecam
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Do you have any pictures that you can share of what you put together? I have been looking at some options like the Tactacam, but I am always looking for new options. Does your handle customcutter have anything to do with machining?
-PJ
Do you have any pictures that you can share of what you put together? I have been looking at some options like the Tactacam, but I am always looking for new options. Does your handle customcutter have anything to do with machining?
-PJ
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Thanks, I really should try the 12mm lens again. Right now, with the 16mm lens it looks like I'm zoomed in with a 24X scope when it's actually on a 3X12 at 6X. Yeah, not quite sure how the alignment got off slightly.
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PJ, the moniker customcutter was something I adopted 30+ years ago when I first started on forums. I used to make custom knives back then. I do have 2 milling machines, a lathe, a surface grinder, and other tooling that I used to use when making knives. I wish knew more about how to use them properly. YouTube is my instructor and learning more recently now that I'm retired. I'll start another thread here on AGN, but I posted on the other forum a few months ago.
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customcutter
That makes sense and it is pretty cool that you used to make knives.
Do you by any chance have any photos of what your current camera/scope setup is that you made? I am looking at what is out there and I am considering ideas to create my own setup (possibly something 3D printed). I'm trying to pull a concept together. Cheers.
-PJ
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I posted a thread in the "Optics" forum. Here's a link. https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/my-diy-scopecam-project.1274279/
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Thanks Mark. That is actually a brown anole, they are actually an invasive species as well. They only get about 8-9 inches long, they actually push our native green anoles out of their habitat so they are fair game as well. I only shoot them if they make a pest out of themselves and start triggering my "DD'er". (a term used on the other forum for a Harbor Freight driveway alarm system)
I'm pretty sure they eat small insects, mosquitos, etc so I leave them alone. I have shot a few of them though.Upvote 0
Fantastic shot and video on that rat! The other night I heard one of my traps snap by the trash cans, went and checked asap and it had its front leg only, grabbed the Prod and point blanked it in the dome...bloody mess.....yuck....yup, had to clean it up asap with hot water amd dawn.....LOL!
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customcutter
I didn't realize you had already posted it. I checked it out and it looks like nice setup. I went ahead and copied the AliExpress link so that I can order the prismatic cube. Thanks for the link to the optics post. Cheers
-PJ
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PJ, my pleasure. I wanted to get my post count up in case something comes up in the classifieds. LOL
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Yeah Orion definitely got me started down this path. LOL Check out the brown anole post you can see the pellet in flight.
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@customcutter This is some nice scope cam footage, especially considering that you DIYed your camera. I also looked at the lenses in the links you posted. This is 5MP quality? Not bad at all. From what distance did you shoot the mouse?
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It's about 25yds to the bait station from where I shot at. Thanks, I'm happy with the results, but need to change the 16mm lens for the 12mm lens so that there is a wider FOV. It was taken at 6X on the 3-12 power BSA scope.
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