Rugged RPi Camera case

Wow, what a test subject!

I too had to use the dailymotion link, as the embedding here doesn't work for me either.

Was it deliberately shot with the camera on its side?  I watched it with the sky on the left of the frame.

Morgaine Dinova wrote:

 

Was it deliberately shot with the camera on its side?  I watched it with the sky on the left of the frame.

Yep, distance vs the field of view of the standard lens meant it was the only way.  That's widescreen for you too, I'd probably have got about a third of the block being demolished and most of an empty street the other way.  It's also a bit odd.. take a 1920x1080 still image with it and the field of view is different from 1920x1080 video

When I was building the case I gave myself the option to mount the camera either horizontally or vertically anyway, so not a huge problem for other uses

No surprise though that when you look in the camera section of the RPF forum there's lots of people with creative mods to get different / better lenses.

thankfully he doesn't have the same cleavage.

Because they are a photo, he's allowed the portrait mode.....

coder27 wrote:

 

http://gizmodo.com/5915888/an-important-psa-on-why-you-should-never-shoot-videos-vertically

While I don't disagree on the annoying part, a lot of the rest of that is just nonesense.

Anyway, here's a composite of approximately the same position, one horizontally, one vertically.

So how would you solve that problem ? 

Mark Beckett wrote:

 

The building looks better than half the ones they knocked down in Christchurch, inc a few that they are removing because they don't fit the current plan.

Those weren't in the current plan either, but regardless of how they look, they were plagued with damp due to poor construction. So they skipped the queue and were demolished early.

I like your case and mounting, as my project is to shove it up on the skifield, which obviously has all sorts of unpleasant weather,

Luckily its mainly stills we want to send back over wireless.

It's a challenge to get something that's properly resistant to the elements while at the same time not messing up the images. That case is made of 3mm polycarbonate, and depending on the lighting conditions it becomes more or less obvious that there are distortions.  There's obviously other choices depending on conditions and how good you need the images to be. It was suggested to use a thin glass filter bonded to the outside with a hole cut for the camera, but I simply didn't have a clue what to expect here, so went for the more robust method.

selsinork wrote:

 

You've just invented the ideal format.  It'll take the world by storm !!!!

shhh... you don't want to go giving them any more silly ideas

Mine are much less trashy as I'm holding Linux

Drew

So we replace the white low cut TShirt with one that features Linux ...?

Selsinork

It was suggested to me that a standard outdoor floodlamp makes an ideal rugged holder.

Nice thin glass on the front, a bracket arrangement to mount it, inc adjustment, and fully waterproof to boot.

They come in at least three sizes (150w, 500w and 1000w), with the 150 and 500w being throw away cheap.

You'll need to mount the camera, Pi and anything else, as the front glass folds down.

I'm in two minds for my project due to the cold soak of the metal, which generally attracts more ice than anything else.

Mark

So how would you solve that problem ?

There is nothing worse than chopping the top or bottom of the image off.

Fixed lens, fixed location ... you get what you can.

Your vertical approach was right for the intended use, and fully captured the subject matter.

We can all lay on our sides and watch, or download and rotate it.

Its a cheaper version than a GoPro, so I expect to see more of these appearing now you've started a trend.

Mark

Would getting one with a PIR be usefull as you coud use the relay/ Scr drive the PIR uses to switch the lighting on the cheap  or even use the PIR as an additional sensor into the PI.

Only other thing I can think of is that the heat from the Halogen may cook the PI even behind the reflector

Thinking about it I'm not sure most  lights are as sealed as they could be they often have spiders and all sorts making home in there .. might be best to house the PI inside an inner case or at least keep it stood off the outer shell of the lamp.

Thinking about it I'm not sure most  lights are as sealed as they could be they often have spiders and all sorts making home in there .. might be best to house the PI inside an inner case or at least keep it stood off the outer shell of the lamp.

Is that an Otter box or some such?

It appears to have a nice gasket seal on the rim!

Also did you drill into the case for the camera or merely stick the whole board on the back with out recessing the lens I'm sure you really wouldnt want to compromise the seal unless you needed to

I'm busy trying out some waterproofing solutions for My PI and Cam if this gives waterproofing to a meter or two then this would be great here's the kind of thing I was trying to get more of.

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John Alexander wrote:

 

Is that an Otter box or some such?

It's made by Bernstein  10163561016356  and is IP65, so won't do for submersion. I also got 13253981325398 which is IP67 and I believe that gets you down to 1m

Also did you drill into the case for the camera or merely stick the whole board on the back with out recessing the lens I'm sure you really wouldnt want to compromise the seal unless you needed to

The only hole I put in the case is the one at the bottom for the cable gland. The camera is mounted on some bits of ABS offcuts that are bonded to the inside of the lid with epoxy. The mounting holes on the back are provided for you and are outside the seal.

It's just a standard Skintop cable gland I'm using, no idea if it'd handle submersion, but I suppose you could seal it up with epoxy to be sure.

I think I'd probably just put the cable in and then submerge it for a while without the Pi or camera to see if it leaked

I was going to use a Lion battery pack and a regulator so we kept the whole thing sealed. Obviously that limits the total endurance but for many things I'm sure it will be great.