Comments on: Sony PS3EYE (B3.04.06.1) IR Filter Removal and More…

By: zard

zard — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:06:31 +0000

cydex
can you send your pdf to me?
thanks!!!
my mail:
anyplay@yahoo.cn

by the way,Alexander Popovich
the ps3 eyes camera can capture two IR laser pointer simultaneously?and it can distinguish between these two IR points at the same time?it it is ok,how to do it?

By: mike

mike — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:51:28 +0000

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By: Schallan

Schallan — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:07:14 +0000

Hello,

Today i´ve bought a PS3 Eye Cam and i reassambled it and removed the IR Blocking Filter. Afterwards i put my PS3 Cam into a box and startet testing with Touchlib but nothing worked??? Is there enything else i have to take care of, or what´s the Problem …i dont get IR do work..Maybe i need some IR Leds?

Any help would be really appreciatet.
Thanks in advance.

Regards

By: ahmed

ahmed — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:27:10 +0000

je besoin de driver de camera ps3 sue PC

By: luwe

luwe — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:43:31 +0000

Thank you for putting everything together Alex! I just got my PS3Eye today. I had the same focus problem after I removed the filter. So, I sanded the base of the lens housing down a bit and it worked perfectly. Don’t sand too much though or else you will have to shim it back up like I did. I kept the camera plugged in and tested it ever time I took a little plastic off with the sandpaper. Hope that helps people

By: cydex

cydex — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:12:33 +0000

I got a PS3Eye to test but cracked the lense just below the ir filter … So I took the rest of it apart and discovered how it works. Alex could you email me and I can send you the spec diagram i created showing how its built and where all the lenses are. Its a PDF. Maybe useful for the community. There seems to be a easy way to widen the viewing angle of the camera and a secure place to put a IR pass filter in the very top where there is a screw cap holding on the top correction lense. Off to buy another camera.

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By: evan

evan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:50:33 +0000

Have you found a lens mount yet. I’m spend hours looking and can only find ones in the US. Also I’m not sure about height. I use 12mm lens on the fire-i camera and would ideally like to be able to use the same lenses with the Eye. Any help is appreciated. Thanks…

By: Alexander Popovich

Alexander Popovich — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:10:16 +0000

Matt,

Indeed the focus is a little bit of even though the IR filter does not seem to have any curvature or lens effect. I am doing a few things:
1. By rotating the mens zoom right before the click, you can get it to focus.
2. I am trying to document a process of lens removal from the lens mount. By doing this you’ll be able to rotate the lens assembly and correct for lost focus.
3. I am in the process of getting a new cheap lens mount that will fit the camera.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:53:49 +0000

Alex, Thanks for posting this tutorial. I noticed after removing the IR filter and resembling the camera that the focus is off. It’s set to focus on objects super close up. Almost like macro-photography or something. Is this due to the additional space between the CMOS and lens now that the filter is removed? What did you do to correct for this if anything? Thanks