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Title: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Spanky on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 00:37:54 AM
Since Logitech is lame and won't make drivers for older cameras to use on newer versions of Windows, I'm going to recycle my old one. In the process of taking it apart I found the camera part pretty interesting:

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Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Dialects on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 14:41:49 PM
A Digital Camera works in a similar way to the Analog. Whenas in analog cameras, the film is what translates light and colour into visible content; in the digital, it's the grid-ship that does. I haven't studied the constitution of Logitech products, but I would assume that chip is what converts said light and colour into digitally visual content. Whereabouts was that chip placed in the camera? Far back, inbetween the camera body and lens, where?

Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Spanky on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 15:49:08 PM
That is the entire camera. There's a USB receiver chip on the reverse side of the PCB along with some resistors and crap but that PCB is all there is.
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: BlueBlaster on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 16:55:26 PM
That is a CCD?
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Spanky on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 17:12:42 PM
Quote from: BlueBlaster on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 16:55:26 PM
That is a CCD?

Just Wikipedia'd. I guess so. Never knew that's what it was called :P
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: BlueBlaster on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 21:02:06 PM
lol, I feel like an encyclopedia myself.
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Spanky on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 21:21:03 PM
Quote from: BlueBlaster on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 21:02:06 PM
lol, I feel like an encyclopedia myself.

As long as I've known you, that's what I've thought of you.
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Dialects on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 22:19:17 PM
I explained what that was, but Dennis gets the credits?

Devils.
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: BlueBlaster on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 22:42:31 PM
I gave it a name :)

Your still number 1 in my heart.  ;D
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Spanky on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 23:14:52 PM
Quote from: Klaasillu on Thursday, August 26, 2010, 22:19:17 PM
I explained what that was does, but Dennis gets the credits? gave it a name.

Devils.

Fixed.
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Dialects on Friday, August 27, 2010, 09:42:32 AM
You've got a condom.
One guy tells you how it works, the other tells you it's called condom.

Which is more useful?
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Knight on Friday, August 27, 2010, 10:57:11 AM
Quote from: Klaasillu on Friday, August 27, 2010, 09:42:32 AM
You've got a condom.
One guy tells you how it works, the other tells you it's called condom.

Which is more useful?

The woman you are having sex with.
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: Spanky on Friday, August 27, 2010, 13:19:53 PM
Quote from: Major-Skrewup on Friday, August 27, 2010, 11:14:14 AM
wether its flavoured or studded

Unless you're on the receiving end, what's that matter?
Title: Re: What's a digital camera?
Post by: BlueBlaster on Friday, August 27, 2010, 16:56:59 PM
He could have called it a rubber instead of a condom.