DIY Video Tap
After seeing some old forum posts talking about creating a DIY video tap for older 16mm cameras, I thought I’d give it a shot. There’s an old thread about exactly the camera I’m using, an Eclair ACL, but the photo of the rig that they posted is no longer on the internet. So I put a super rough $20 thing together (plus an iPhone 8+). You can see it here: https://imgur.com/gallery/aNxfqXV
Any suggestions? There are definitely some things that could be improved. It takes a while to set up sinc
I went ahead and bought Raspberry Pi and camera module (v2.1) for it. As I had previously bought some M12 lenses, camera with composite output and a car lcd screen with composite input, I decided to see what I could achieve with them.
My first results were ok'ish. By changing the default lens to a 6mm M12 lens, I was able to see the ground glass. Unfortunately 6mm was somewhat too short focal length, would need to replace that with a 8mm. Also: do not push the lens inside the camera, some p