PI-CAM-IR-A
INFRARED CAMERA BUILD
I set out to build a custom Infrared (IR) camera using some spare parts and a Retrofitted 1950s Kodak Duaflex II.
Build List:
-Pi Zero 2 W
-Waveshare 3.5″ Touchscreen
-IMX219 No-IR
-PiSugar 3 battery
-1950’s Kodak Duaflex II
(Back left) The original tin soup can used for the housing of the Pi setup.
(Front) NOIR sensor taped through cardboard holder. E-ink-pi zero-piSugar stack
(Right) Canon EOS Rebel T3i for size reference .
Pi-Cam-IR-A : MK-I started with an E-ink display. Slow to both capture and display. Remotely triggered from a python script on my phone. Wildly inconvenient but a solid working prototype.
Pi-Cam-IR-A : MK-II still using a tin soup can. Upgraded to a 1.4” display/ 8 input hat. Still wildly inconvenient but became an all in one package.
The left directional pad up down changes ISO, left and right adjust shutter speed and white balance, Key 1 captured. Key 3 reviewed last capture.
Modifying the Kodak camera and mounting the NOIR sensor in line with the shutter hole. (Modifications to the internal Kodak seen most in this image)
Fully contained Pi stack with 3.5″ LCD screen on top. Pi stack sits on the left side with some extra space on the right to leave the charging cord plugged in to the pi sugar and stay inside Duaflex housing.
The custom gallery server allows instant access to the captures over WIFI.
Using the integrated pi webserver, allows for instant download and editing on the go without returning to the home WIFI.
HDR merge handled on Pi side either before downloaded or as multiple photos to stack layers in post process. (Seen here with Photo_0111_hi and _low with the merge HDR_0111 button between and a full HDR_0111 as a tiff)
Fully converted 1950’s Kodak Duaflex with PI zero 2, NoIR sensor and 3.5” Touchscreen.
IR Gallery
MORE PHOTOS TAKEN ON THE PI-CAM-IR-A IN THE IR GALLERY
FEATURED-IN ARTICLES
