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Sinkatze	#1 21/11/2014 - 06h16 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 4 Registered on : 21/11/2014 Off line	Hi I am just new here and I am gathering parts to build my FreeTrack device, so my first step was taking the IR filter out of this cheap webcam (which I've heard works) that I bought on Ebay: I have taken it apart and I got down to the lense, but I don't see any IR filter to remove, here a picture of that: So I thought maybe it just doesn't have one. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Steph	#2 22/11/2014 - 10h08 Top
Class : Moderator Posts : 656 Registered on : 16/11/2007 Off line	...or it's just coated on the lens and in that case it's hard to remove it without damage for the optics. Try it like it is and a good daylight-filter solution, perhaps the ir-filter is weak enough for the tracking.
ludespeedny	#3 22/11/2014 - 16h39 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 9 Registered on : 25/09/2014 Off line	I could be wrong, but if those leds on the front are ir it won't have one.
Sinkatze	#4 23/11/2014 - 06h48 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 4 Registered on : 21/11/2014 Off line	ludespeedny @ 22/11/2014 - 16h39 a dit: I could be wrong, but if those leds on the front are ir it won't have one. If they were IR I wouldn't be able to see them light up would I? Because these are pretty bright, kind of like white LED's. Am I supposed to disconnect them inside? I just need to buy some batteries and I will try the camera, if not I will probably just put some film on it from a floppy disk.
Falstar	#5 13/12/2014 - 12h04 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 44 Registered on : 25/09/2007 Off line	Sinkatze @ 23/11/2014 - 06h48 a dit: ludespeedny @ 22/11/2014 - 16h39 a dit: I could be wrong, but if those leds on the front are ir it won't have one. If they were IR I wouldn't be able to see them light up would I? Because these are pretty bright, kind of like white LED's. Am I supposed to disconnect them inside? I just need to buy some batteries and I will try the camera, if not I will probably just put some film on it from a floppy disk. Look like IR leds. Hold a cell phone camera at it to see if they are working.

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