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Still camera mount
Today I made the mount for the still camera, a Fuji FinePix F50 which produces 12-megapixel images, and also video of 640x480 at 30 fps. This should make good pictures and video, but that remains to be seen. High-quality still images are the goal, so I hope at least for this much.
It was made with 1/8-inch plywood, and I robbed an old foamie of the micro servo for the shutter release. For the shutter, channel 9 was still open, and the trainer switch is assigned to trip the shutter. I changed out the Futaba 3001 servos for some 3305's (metal gear, higher torque) for more rigidity and to handle the heavier camera, which weighs 6.1 oz. I had to shorten and solder the A/V cable that came with the camera, and apparently my soldering was pretty good because the image downlinked perfectly despite the fact that I took out the ferrite ring built into the A/V cable.
Here are some pics of the installation.
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