And for those seeking a ToughCamera...

... to go with their ToughBook, take a look at this offering from Olympus:

http://www.buy.com/articles/loc/632...subtype/0/1003444.html?adid=17654&dcaid=17654

mnem
*More Pixels...Wooh...Wooh...Wooh...*

 

When my current camera blows up, I'll have to look into buying one of those.

Very nice. I'll try to keep it from getting dropped into a pitcher of beer though. That's just alcohol abuse.

 

Pretty cool! ToughCam!

Speaking of that... Has anyone thought about modding in a video cam into the bezel of the CF-28/29 yet?

Just curious... I have a neighbor who has a kid going away to college next year. Since he will be traveling all over the world as part of his studies and his laptop would be exposed to some pretty harsh conditions... I recommended a Toughbook... I told him that I would look into building him one. He is a only child and I'm sure the parents will be crawling the walls without him around. They mentioned doing the Internet video cam thing to bridge the gap. Anyway... Just curious. I would think it could be an easy mod if one used a USB type camera... Then it would just be mounting and hooking up the USB to an internal spot.

 

I'm also looking for THIS camera. Because here in europe i did'nt find a seller.

@toughbook: Yes, i tried to insert an piece of an normal usb-cam into the displaycover of my CF-29. I have an 13" display. There is no place for such a thing in the cover, except on the bottom between the hinges. If u have an 12" display, it could be easyer.
The best way could be to get an defective noname-laptop with integrated display-webcam to switch this part...

 

TB - Yeah, onirakkiss is right -

A regular USB cam is not going to be small enough; the ones they build into Apples and other laptops for webcam are uber-tiny, and then there's the issue of figuring out a possibly non-usb/non-standard interface... I tried this with several salvaged cams on one of my L700s; I never could get any of them to talk to my laptop. I imagine nowadays you'd be more likely to find one with a real USB interface tho...

mnem
*BLEEEEP!*

 

Isn't there something small and tough that can be mounted on the top edge of the cover where the RIM antenna is sometimes found?

Screwed, clamped, and/or glued and the cable fished down through the cover to a USB connection?

 

I'd want it in the bezel around the screen. SOmething like a small cell phone camera. The quality is not 100% with me... As long as you get a pretty goo picture. But then it's like Mnem said... Trying to get them to talk via an interface.

Hmmmmmmm

 

I just ordered a Stylus 1030, I'll let all of you know what I think when I get it.

 

Can't you buy little cameras that fit on a keyring? I mean i have one and ther's not alot to it i'm sure it could be ripped apart.

 

I saw some camera modules here Camera_Modules but I don't know if they are small enough to fit

 

Damn, why i'm so stupid and did not found this modules first? Maybe the wrong search-string on google....
On the first look i mean, they will fit into the location between the hinges.
Thank u kingstu, but next year i'll give u an response if they fit into the cf-29.
In the moment she is using a "Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000" - normaly very good picture, on skype very dark, bad software, will only fit to snap on the right wlan-antenna, with a useless button on top for MSN - not for snapshot.

 

Ah yes, i looked at my older post and mean, this must be here as continuance, the link to http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=329572 . Thank U Kingstu, for ur hint.

 

Samantha has one of those... I got her one for our anniversary

Great camera... I like taking underwater pictures - SOOO COOL!

 

How about this one?

http://gizmodo.com/350472/rugged-camera-from-minox-is-waterproof-to-33-feet-and-just-rubbery

 

Better yet, try this one and you can stay with Panasonic! In silver it even compliments the Toughbook!

http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-...eras/model.DMC-TS1S_11002_7000000000000005702

 

Bought this for my girlfriend, a week later we were married took it to Jamacia and somebody ripped it off.... that was a nice camera

 

Dewed, that sux. I suppose it's not as bad as losing a whole car in Key West, tho... happened to my landlord.

mnem:confused2:

 

Nice, but of course I'd have to break out the Krylon to get it in the same cammo scheme as my CF-28 is ;-)

 

I dunno, the green version of the Panny camera looks kinda nice.

 

Interesting! I just put in an Olympus Tough 8000 camera in for a PO. Maybe I should just wait until the Panasonic version comes out.

And as for the Apple iSight, the built-in ones are USB. So says the one in my Macbook Pro.
Product ID: 0x8502
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 1.45
Serial Number: B076117FDCBA6E7F (03.01)
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Location ID: 0xfd400000
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 500

 

And while you are at it, how about a new watch to go along with that Toughbook?

http://www.casio.com/products/Timepiece/G-Shock/GS1000D-1A/

 

Or maybe this one?

http://www.casio.com/products/Timepiece/G-Shock/MTG1000_Series/

 

How about we just combine the watch and the Toughbook?

http://forums.techarena.in/portable-devices/1144124.htm

 

Dude - didn't Col. Deering wear one of these in Buck Rogers?

mnem
Ooooo... Erin Grey...*Drool* She can STILL park her shoes under my bed any day...

 

Oh myyyyyyy, Wilma Deering in those short "uniforms", or even the all white skin tight jumpsuit...er, wait I wasn't really noticing. what Were we talking about? What I would have given to be Wiki, and the eye level view he had! Anyone have a moist towelette?

 

Hey! that man has got your name wrong

 

That's it... we are now officially dirty old men... err, dirty old reptiles... errr, well, whatever...

mnem
SCHWANG-G-G-G!

 

Dear God!

 

Another good option is the Fuji "Big Job" HD-3W.

I use one for doing field service work.

http://cameraquest.com/fujibigjob.htm

 

WOW trooper, way too much surfing going on in your cruiser, if I knew where you patroll at, I'd remember to hold my toughbook up when I go by!!!

 

While I do drive a retired cruiser, and I work in the law enforcement field, I am not an officer (although I was for about a year back in 78-79). I don't have a mount in the Crown Vic, and probably won't since I will be selling it soon as I bought a 2002 Trailblazer and will do a few things to trick it out (spotlights, pushbar....and one of my Toughbooks).

 

I forgot to add into the thread. I've had an Olympus 1050SW for 5 months now, and it's very nice. I take it out in the rain, and treat it rough, yet it takes fantastic shots.

 

I figured I'd show this lol... My friend put his Olympus (1030SW I think?) camera in Samantha's Martini at when he was all drunk a couple months ago when we were at Kalahari:

 

I have a camera just like this it really is tough and goes underwater.

I love it definitely a good buy.

-James