morairamike Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 For fun I bought a endoscope of the net.Thought it would come in handy for checking drains in house and for looking in my train tunnel if train derailed.Today I tried it out in my churchyard. Not bad resolution on the camera. The pictures are .PNG which don't upload but there is a small app called LIT photo that will compress and also change to . JPEG which do upload. So here are two pictures of headstones taken from almost 00 eyelevel. /media/tinymce_upload/bdf0719a634cd94ae54ac9f69c95af5a.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/ec187b25d8299a32edaa1e3b69f8e689.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Grass needs cutting 😆 Good result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Will it do that as well, . Good value, for £15, if it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morairamike Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 Maybe if you left it on.long enough at full brightness it would singe the grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morairamike Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 Flowers for the graves are on order but Valentine's day seems to have put them back a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I thought we were going to see coffins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Kelly Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Not sure if its the camera or the gravestones but it has a very pre CG thomas look to it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Maybe I need to get out more but who the heck is C G Thomas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Methinks CG version of Thomas the Tank? Dont bother going out, it won't get better WTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Oh right, how very strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Kelly Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Yes, appoloigies. Thomas the tank engine before it went all fancy and computer generated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_holmes1 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 This topic made me laugh !Many years ago I was the officer responsible for the introduction of new equipment into the Fire Service that I served in.On my desk I had a boroscope and an endoscope for evaluation.Another officer, senior to me, decided he would have a go with them to see how they worked, so took them away.A few moments later a shout from the said senior officer made a few of us look into his office.Coming out of his desk draw was smoke and charred paper ! The end of the equipment had heated up when he pushed it iinto the closed draw and had set light to some of his paperwork !! 😀He never took any more equipment off my desk after that. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Endoscope is generally a medical device for looking inside the human or animal body. Such scope uses are named after their specific examination function.Borescope is similar but used for internal examination of other things, usually mechanical, e.g. engines, drains, structure, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Rob did you have borescopes in your days serving Her Majesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 We certainly did - for looking inside bits of structure otherwise unviewable. Engine bods also used them for inspecting their internal oily gubbins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Did they have fibre optic lights or a bulb stuck on the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I have an Endoscope, that plugs into a Smart Phone. The tube at the end of a length of very stiff cable (that stays where you put it) is about 8mm Diameter and contains LED lights around the Camera. It gives an extremely good quality picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 In those days they had a great big lamp box with a film projector bulb which shone down the fibre optic ‘cable’ The business end had a metal probe with a focusing eyepiece. Various probes had prisms to look forwards, sideways or backwards. A tad different to those used today which can be moved and focused remotely and have cameras and led illumination, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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