Don´t throw them away

[Deali]

I had several cameras during my time when i was learning survilance technology.
The cheap ones where no good, the expensive ones where unafordable. So how come out of this problem?
I decided to build cameras from the juncyard (ebay).
My first one was an ENEO cam which has a pricetag of about 800$. It was brocken and i got it for around 15$.



It is a high end camera with internal heating and also a fan inside.

I took everything out and installed a new IR Board with a Sony imx222 chip which has a Variofocal of 2.8mm to 12mm. The cam has Splitglas so the glas of the lens is divided from the glas of the ir-led´s.
This camera cost me about 40$ total and is one of the best i have.

 

[Deali]

The next was a Foscam. I modified several of them. It is a shame to dump them. My first one from ebay cost me 12$.
I found out that i could replace their Sensorboard directly to their ir-cutoff-switch.


The housing is also aluminum, the front has splitglas.
Most of the time on these cam´s the IR-Board is defective. But it is easy to get these from ebay

The Lens is a 6mm F1.2! I think you have to pay 10$ do get such one in a shop.
The IP-Cam board´s are always IMX-222 from Sony which i use. I ordered Starlight bords, but i will switch to Dahua. I got some NVR from them, i could not resist

Here you can see one mounted unterneath my roof.

 

[Deali]

Another one is a Abus, also a high end device. Splitglas as normal in this pricerange.


I took out everything, feed through the IP-Cable


Then i install the IR_Board with the IP-Cam-Board mountet to it and

Ready is a new Cam.

All 2MP, all Splitglass, all Metall housing, all very cheap.

Sorry for the bad english. I just wanted to influence the Doit Yourself Guys.

 

[hmjgriffon]

Very cool if you know what the hell you're doing, I don't think a lot of people have that much electronics knowledge, I know I wish I did lol.

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[whoslooking]

The biggest issue is faulty IR ring of the Hikvision Camera's. I've yet to find a real compatible replacement and replacing the blow LEDS take a bit of time and effort to trace which ones have blown de-solder them and re-solder in new ones.

You can cheat thought by fitting a £3 ebay ir Ring and fitting an extra photo diode and splitting the fly lead, its not great but does work very well.

 

[spencnor]

Another one is a Abus, also a high end device. Splitglas as normal in this pricerange.


I took out everything, feed through the IP-Cable


Then i install the IR_Board with the IP-Cam-Board mountet to it and

Ready is a new Cam.

All 2MP, all Splitglass, all Metall housing, all very cheap.

Sorry for the bad english. I just wanted to influence the Doit Yourself Guys.

You are awesome! I admire your resourcefulness and recycling old cams.
Thanks for sharing

 

[Bradmph]

Great information. Perhaps you can go further into details on how you went thru each camera and decided which needs what and show what you changed and what you replaced with some images. I know I am a more visual person when it comes to something like you did and would love to hear and see more. I see the images you posted and they are great help.
I would like to change out the lenses on my Hik 2032's to 4mm size if that is even possible.

 

[Dodutils]

The biggest issue is faulty IR ring of the Hikvision Camera's

Integrated IR LEDs is horrible when it snow/rain/fog and nightly flying bugs, all those particules flash too much especially since the new high power LEDs technology, I prefer separated IR light source a few steps away from the camera plus it give little more relief to faces fronting the camera.

 

[spencnor]

bradmph - here is a hik 2032i I recently modified for a dedicated LPR and a recent snapsot from the camera (see below video I made to outline the steps - be kind I'm not an engineer just a hack).



The 25mm lens is from (only for the 2032i and not for the 2032f):
IR nightvision 25mm CCTV Camera Lens S mount M12 5MP F2.4 1/2 format-in CCTV Accessories from Security & Protection on Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group

For a 16mm I would recommend (only for the 2032i and not for the 2032f):
Sunvision CCTV HD 5MP 16mm Monofocal Fixed Iris 17⁰ AOV Board / M12 / MTV Lens | eBay

Nice job, great diy video!
Thanks.

 

[dfhawk]

Thanks spencnor - I moved the video under Hikvision as I didn't want to hijack this thread!