From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>
Date: July 7, 2005 10:22:27 AM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: home made adapter
Hi Pat;
Well maybe I am wrong then - they don't state what the Boxed camera uses for a mount at
http://www.unibrain.com/1394_products/fire-i_dig_cam/digital_camera_mac.htm
or here
http://www.unibrain.com/support/tech_specs/fire-i_camera/tech_specs.htm
I also thought they had discontinued the "boxed" model when they couldn't get plastic cases anymore.
It's weird that their board level cameras use a completely different housing and mount than this other camera does, because the picture of the board camera housing at:
http://www.1394store.com/eshop/product.asp?dept%5Fid=55&pf%5Fid=2051
doesn't look at all like the one for the Boxed camera shows. One would think economies of scale would mean they would adapt the same standard.
So which camera did you buy Willie? Was it the boxed cameras as shown above or the Board Level Camera with the $6.00 case?
In case some one wants to compare, I measured my M12x0.5m mounts here and the outside diameter of it is 14 mm or 0.55 inches. The Inner rim edge is 12.5 mm or 0.49 inches.
Sorry about the confusion..
Milton J. Aupperle
President
ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting
Mac Software (Drivers, Components and Application) Specialist
#1005 - 815 14th Avenue. S.W.
Calgary Alberta Canada T2R0N5
1-(403)-229-9456
www.outcastsoft.com
On 7-Jul-05, at 7:53 AM, pmf_astronome wrote:
Hello Milton,
The camera was purchased from 1394store.com in early June, so it's
pretty recent. S/N 0040042144.
Pat
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@o...> wrote:
> Hi Pat;
>
> How old is this unibrain camera your talking about then?
>
> The ADS Pyro camera I had used a 10mm diam lens on it. That lens
> would drop completely inside (without touching the walls) of the
> unibrain cameras I have here.
>
> Also i have a Kritter USB camera here and the Unibrain Cameras
> (including the packaged one) I have here are interchangeable and all
> M12x0.5mm.
>
> The plot thickens..
>
> Milton J. Aupperle
> President
> ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting
> Mac Software (Drivers, Components and Application) Specialist
> #1005 - 815 14th Avenue. S.W.
> Calgary Alberta Canada T2R0N5
> 1-(403)-229-9456
> milton@o...
>
>
>
>
> On 6-Jul-05, at 8:32 AM, pmf_astronome wrote:
>
> > Sorry, one more follow-up. Just ran down to our machine shop to
> > measure the (packaged) Fire-i lens mount. It's M10x1.0 (1.0 cm O.D.,
> > 1/mm thread pitch). I've shot an email off to Steven Mogg to see if
> > he can machine an adapter for that conveniently. Will post when I get
> > a reply.
> >
> > P.M. Fry
> >
> > --- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "pmf_astronome" <pat.fry@s...>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi guys,
> > > Just wanted to confirm that the packaged unibrain fire-i with
> > case (as
> > > opposed to the board camera version) does have a nonstandard lens
> > > mount, NOT M12x0.5. I've had to fashion my own adapter as well, as
> > > the Mogg UWAL-F does not fit.
> > > P.M. Fry
> > >
> > > --- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Willie Strickland <willie@i...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > At 6:12 PM -0600 7/5/05, Milton Aupperle wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >He's wrong and yes it does fit. The thread is precisely M12 x 0.5
> > > (I
> > > > >measured it and Canada is Metric). Also the engineering and
> > > > >manufacturing diagrams from Unibrain clearly state they use an
> > > > >M12x0.5m. Also on the Unibrain website
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > ><http://www.unibrain.com/1394_products/fire-i_boa
> > > rd_cam/fire->http://www.unibrain.com/1394_products
> > > /fire-i_board_cam/fire-
> > > > >i_board_camera.htm
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Milton. So I guess I will go ahead and order his longest
> > > > M12x0.5 adapter.
> > > > --
> > > > Willie Strickland
> > > > willie@i...
> >