But not the usual endoscope.
All endoscopes I know about have a very close and short focus range.
I need a focus range more like a webcam.
I also need 1080P resolution.
I prefer it to work with an Android tablet for the larger screen.
Suggestions please.
Look to the plumbing or precision-metal industries. The term you are searching for is "Borescope" which is quite different from an endoscope.
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Spend the money you need for the purpose at hand. Going cheap will leave you frustrated!
Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA
I assume the endoscope will have its own leds for illumination. If so, make sure that the Android tablet's USB connection has enough power to light the leds. If it hasn't you might need to use a powered hub. If so, check that the tablet will work with a powered hub.
Endoscopes and borescopes usually have a fixed focus and aperture, and therefore also have a fixed field of view. You seem to be looking for a borescope with adjustable focus and possibly aperture. Perhaps mechanical zoom? Such cameras exist, but you won't like the price. Look for larger borescope cameras like sewer pipe inspection, automotive inspection, medical inspection, etc.
Why?
1080p (1920 x 1080) is wasted on a small screen unless you're planning to enlarge the image for presentation, printing or publication purposes. I don't see any numbers, such as the size of the hole, magnification, sensitivity, etc, so I can't calculate how the imager DPI (dots per inch) will translate into the viewer DPI. For example, if you have a crude 640 x 480 imager, and upscale that to a 1920 x 1080 screen, you'll have about 3 pixels on the screen, for every pixel on the camera.Numbers (specs) please. Also some clue as to what you're trying to accomplish.
Oops. 3 pixels horizontal and 2.25 pixels vertical is 6.75 pixels on the screen, for every pixel on the camera (imager).
Think of it this way. A Win PC or Tablet (Android) with a wired camera so I can walk and view. With a light at the camera for illuminating the subject if needed. Look under and around things . No WiFi or bluetooth involved.
I do not need a tiny camera to stick through a hole, I already have two that are extremely limited in use. One is all in one and the other is a WiFI version which is terrible operationally.
I need high res to record what I see on the screen.
Frankly wrote:
Ferret Tools make several cams that work over a WiFi network it creates. Look up "ferrettools" and check them and their accessories out.
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