{"id":651,"date":"2012-02-26T22:12:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T03:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/?p=651"},"modified":"2012-02-26T22:13:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T03:13:29","slug":"hack-a-20x-zoom-lens-on-a-webcam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/hack-a-20x-zoom-lens-on-a-webcam\/","title":{"rendered":"Hack A 20x Zoom Lens On A Webcam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was given a Sony Handycam several months ago and I stashed it away knowing that one day I&#8217;d pull it out and hack it in some way, probably multiple ways. I salvaged some pretty nifty bits from this camera but the coolest was the 20x zoom lens. It has focus and zoom controlled by two stepper motors. <\/p>\n<p>When I removed the CDD I realized that the lens could easily be attached to a different CCD from another camera. Well it just so happens that I had an extra Logitech Quickcam someone gave to me and since I had been inside them before, I knew it would be a good candidate for this hack. With just a bit of modification to the mounting holes on the circuit board, I was able to mount the lens with two screws, nice and solid. <\/p>\n<p>I was pleased with the results and I&#8217;d like to take the project a step further&#8230; pun intended, and connect the stepper motors to a controller so I can get finite adjustment of focus and zoom. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the video&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>keep on hackin! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/?attachment_id=652\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-652\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hacked-webcam.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"hacked webcam\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-652\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hacked-webcam.jpg 800w, http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hacked-webcam-150x109.jpg 150w, http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hacked-webcam-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tKS5eI-VQxM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was given a Sony Handycam several months ago and I stashed it away knowing that one day I&#8217;d pull it out and hack it in some way, probably multiple ways. I salvaged some pretty nifty bits from this camera &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/hack-a-20x-zoom-lens-on-a-webcam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hacks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}