Equipment:
The camera comes in an ABS plastic case containing the camera itself, a small magnet to clip on the camera head, a quick start guide and a driver CD are (8cm). The USB cable has a length of 2 meters, the length of the gooseneck including camera head is 60cm. At the handle there is a knob with which the brightness of the lighting can be adjusted, also yet a button which causes the driver to a snapshot.
Processing:
The plastic handle makes a rather inferior impression otherwise everything is pretty neat. The gooseneck tends only at very small radii for Reset and is in a plastic tube. I personally did not place bets would conclude that the entire system is really waterproof. at the latest when the gooseneck casing has been damaged by sharp edges, the tightness is already history, I think.
Image quality:
The video resolution is 640x480 at 30fps in theory. The 30fps may support the interface well, felt the buyer: but to do with 5 bps. For inspection work that is always sufficient. I've found vertical stripes in the video, I think you can see that very well in the sample movie. The film was made with the way fully up additional light. Backglare as has already been described in some reviews, I could not watch. Obviously, the design of the camera head has been supplemented by extending to the windshield optical separation of the camera from the LEDs.
Colors appear faded Us oversteer slightly. The automatic correction of exposure settings in varying ambient light conditions is very slow and often not right away. The focus range goes after my measure approx 50mm to infinity. If your expectations are not too high demands on the field, you can even recognize objects from 30mm distance.
Handling:
For an endoscopic camera itself 30mm minimum distance can not be too much clear as evidenced by my attempt to see from behind in Birnrnaufnahme the main headlight of my car. With a kink in gooseneck just behind the camera head is still need mintestens 130mm "air" before the object to be viewed. Here I'll probably still need to tinker from the magnetic holder and an inspection mirror something. Because the driver (Mirror tilt /) simple Trasformationen dominated, although a laterally correct image is darstelbar. The operation with a 2m USB extension has been tested by me and works flawlessly. Nevertheless, I would recommend the operation on a laptop or netbook.
Software / Installation
The installation under Win7 HomePrem was hassle. If you put the device, without having first installed the device driver, only a USB microphone device is recognized, however, that provides no useful data. If the driver is installed, you also have a Web cam device gets the next (still unusable) Mic-device with the name "Telescope Driver". The driver can be adjusted via an easily comprehensible dialogue. The possibilities include the driver in addition to the transformations already mentioned above, among other things still filter settings, you. White Balance, Daylight / Tungsten preset, color saturation and contrast.
When video capturing software, I recommend not to use the built-in routine, although I habs not tried but obviously makes the uncompressed movies, if we are to believe the other reviewers. I have the freeware programs VIDCAP32 and debut, as well as the software for my webcam tried and all programs would at first with the endoscopic camera to work. : D
When the button is pressed for the snapshot feature on the handle, which unfortunately happens quite often unintentionally, then a new window will open with the still image default covers the live image. That's pretty annoying.
Summary:
Who from time to time and see in close and / or dark corners and wants no professional device must have, for, the device is certainly fine. The teething problems of which have been reported in other similar products reviewers seem to be eradicated in this model. Buy recommendation.
PS: The fact that the cat has placed in the Video ears forward, is not that she's mad, but at the race. She has ears always so and was even more bored after initial curiosity from Modelln and has then still verdöst all afternoon on the spot.
