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Difference between revisions of "Connectix QuickCam"
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Essentially the original "webcam" before the term even existed. The original model was created for the Macintosh computer and was capable of 320x240 resolution and grayscale. | Essentially the original "webcam" before the term even existed. The original model was created for the Macintosh computer and was capable of 320x240 resolution and grayscale. | ||
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+ | =Disassembling the B&W Quickcam ball= | ||
+ | |||
+ | [Note by William Lewis ([email protected]): "I'd just like to mention | ||
+ | that I've ripped my QuickCam apart a zillion times (the first time I | ||
+ | didn't know about the paper-clip-in-the-pinhole trick; I think I was one | ||
+ | of the first people to mention it here) and have broken off two of the | ||
+ | three clips that hold the ball together, but it stays together just fine | ||
+ | by friction. So it's not quite the end of the world if you're a little | ||
+ | clumsy taking it apart. (I would recommend being careful about static | ||
+ | electricity, though, on general principles.)"] | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the backside of the ball, there is a little hole behind a sticker. | ||
+ | Use a paper clip or a similar small metal stud to gently press in there | ||
+ | until you feel resistance. That is the first lock clip. Push it gently | ||
+ | forward until it unlocks (you'll hear a little "click"). Don't push too | ||
+ | hard or it will break off. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are two other clips above and below the lens' opening. To unlock | ||
+ | these, you have to tear apart the two plastic caps of the ball. This is | ||
+ | the most dangerous part, so be very careful. (I almost broke one of the | ||
+ | clips while doing this, luckily I had some glue to fill the crack.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | You will now get the interiour parts of the camera ball: the circuit | ||
+ | board, the plastic box that covers the CCD chip, that contains the | ||
+ | infrared filter and that holds the lens. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can refocus the lens (B&W camera only) after loosening a small screw - | ||
+ | see the section above. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can also remove (or repair) the infrared filter. It is inside the | ||
+ | plastic cover box, so you have to take it off the circuit board after | ||
+ | loosening two small screws. The filter is attached only by a few drops of | ||
+ | glue, so that it comes off pretty easy if the QC falls down. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If everything went smoothly, you can reassemble the QC with no visual | ||
+ | trace of the opening process. Before you do that, check the three clips | ||
+ | and all other plastic parts for any cracks. | ||
[[Category:Computing]] | [[Category:Computing]] |
Revision as of 13:15, 28 February 2019
Essentially the original "webcam" before the term even existed. The original model was created for the Macintosh computer and was capable of 320x240 resolution and grayscale.
Disassembling the B&W Quickcam ball
[Note by William Lewis ([email protected]): "I'd just like to mention that I've ripped my QuickCam apart a zillion times (the first time I didn't know about the paper-clip-in-the-pinhole trick; I think I was one of the first people to mention it here) and have broken off two of the three clips that hold the ball together, but it stays together just fine by friction. So it's not quite the end of the world if you're a little clumsy taking it apart. (I would recommend being careful about static electricity, though, on general principles.)"]
On the backside of the ball, there is a little hole behind a sticker. Use a paper clip or a similar small metal stud to gently press in there until you feel resistance. That is the first lock clip. Push it gently forward until it unlocks (you'll hear a little "click"). Don't push too hard or it will break off.
There are two other clips above and below the lens' opening. To unlock these, you have to tear apart the two plastic caps of the ball. This is the most dangerous part, so be very careful. (I almost broke one of the clips while doing this, luckily I had some glue to fill the crack.)
You will now get the interiour parts of the camera ball: the circuit board, the plastic box that covers the CCD chip, that contains the infrared filter and that holds the lens.
You can refocus the lens (B&W camera only) after loosening a small screw - see the section above.
You can also remove (or repair) the infrared filter. It is inside the plastic cover box, so you have to take it off the circuit board after loosening two small screws. The filter is attached only by a few drops of glue, so that it comes off pretty easy if the QC falls down.
If everything went smoothly, you can reassemble the QC with no visual trace of the opening process. Before you do that, check the three clips and all other plastic parts for any cracks.