Paphos Life

nice view of the fence and dustbins...........

Is there supposed to be a picture?
Amos.

that's better

Mike.1940 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:32 pmthat's better

Really? Not here it isn't.
Amos.

Nice view of nothing.

The picture is on the webcam page, where it usually is. The camera had got nudged by a ladder. It is now back where it should be, albeit slightly crooked.

That's much better thanks, Dom. Until the ladder nudge today, the webcam has been noticeably angled downwards slightly for the past few weeks (since that insect invaded the lens).

So the view has tended to show your driveway and 4x4 more than the sky view (as was your original intention). On Wednesday last, I even clocked Alex unloading something from the back of your motor, LOL!

AL

Dominic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:06 pm The picture is on the webcam page, where it usually is. The camera had got nudged by a ladder. It is now back where it should be, albeit slightly crooked.

Where is that ("usually")? Link please. Thanks.
Amos.

There is a link at the top of every page.

Al, I need to make a more robust stand for the camera. At the moment, it relies on it's own hinge, which can't handle Cypriot temperature changes very well. I want to make a wooden framework to steady it.

Can you take a close-up photo of your current webcam installation and post, please, Dom?

There might be simpler and easier ways to fix altitude and azimuth alignment on such a device, if the OEM bracketry is akin to (say) a standard outdoor PIR security lamp...

Cheers- AL

No!

Duck tape, mastic. My cure for everything.

Dominic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2018 6:13 pmNo!

Oh! Never mind... But feast your eyes on some of these top quality outdoor camera mounting gizmos:

https://www.cameragrip.com/camera-clamp ... -brackets/

AL

Not cheap, Lloyd, but very high quality (probably German made) kit.

All I had in mind to stabilze the Polemi webcam was a couple of galvanized meccano strips, one fixing the vertical axis, and the other anchoring the horizontal alignment. Plus a few screws, nuts and washers etc..

But if Dom wants to transform it into a wooden bird and spider nesting box, then that's entirely his perogative, ain't it?

AL

Dominic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2018 5:19 pm There is a link at the top of every page.

Al, I need to make a more robust stand for the camera. At the moment, it relies on it's own hinge, which can't handle Cypriot temperature changes very well. I want to make a wooden framework to steady it.

Got it now, thank you Dominic.
Amos.