I use a ms vx-3000 webcam for freetrack, but I read a post about the ps3-eye model(SLEH-00448) which should wordk without removing the ir-filter. It also shows how floppy disc film blocks over twice as much IR as developed, unexposed, film but even that blocks a substantial amount of IR in addition to daylight but it probably allows through sufficient (with the IR filter removed) to not be worth worrying about.
#PS3 EYE CAM IR FILTR PS3#
I'll try and find a better daylight filter that doesn't block any IR and then maybe it will be fine.ĮDIT: This graph shows clearly that the PS3 Eye IR filter almost completely blocks the IR, so it's amazing it works at all without removing it!
In fact, it seems only one model can have the IR filter removed without destroying it and mine seems to be that model (with the curved outer lens) and is the sleh-00448, so I presume all the "good" ones that can be modifed are the sleh-00448.ĮDIT: Actually, it seems I had one bad LED which was making them all dim and the red, green blue film seems to block some IR as well as daylight, as with two layers of it the LED points were much reduced, so I'm only using one layer now and with the bad LED replaced it might be usable, although it still tends to lost my top (R) point on my cap when I tilt my head back. If you have the newer PS3 eye (sleh-00448), you don't need to modify it at all! This link tells you how I set mine up.ĭoesn't seem to be true, in my case at least, as it can't properly track my LEDs even with a good external filter (2 layers of red, green, blue film) totally blocking daylight. I did this, and the focus is now sharper than before. Because the material compresses and uncompresses, you can adjust the focus with the two screws that keep the objective housing in place.Ģ) Lazy man's method: put pieces of paper (or anything thin really) in between the objective housing and the pcb, so that the focus is correct. This frame is between the PCB and the objective housing. Getting it right is a bit difficult so there are few options you can do if you shorten it a bit too much:ġ) Found this method from some German website that does not exist anymore: you can constuct a small frame to the objective housing from some flexible material, such as rubber foam mat. You can shorten the objective housing by a few (1-2) millimeters, so that the objective housing sits a bit closer to the sensor. Old thread, but because it comes up as the first when googling with the relevant keywords, here's a solution for the focus problem after removing the IR lens: Gave up for the night, scratched one in the scoreboard for the PS3 eye, put it back together so I could salute it before I threw it in the trash, and the problem was gone.Įdit: Focus on it is still screwed up, and it has me all blurry on the image. My theory is maybe there's a mirror effect going on in there, because the circuit pattern only shows up when it's dark.Įdit: Scratched up the area surrounding the lense. I now have the most awesome circuit board pattern on my camera when it sees dark things and all the focus is fuzzy.
Okay, have to strongly recommend people do NOT do this. This method is harmless ( mostly, my focus is messed up and I have tons of motion blurring now ) but otherwise ineffective from what I can tell. Ignore it but I'll leave it here in case another newbie panics. Edit: The following is me panicking because I had the back of my PS3 eye off.
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