I’ve got the cheapest USB webcam money can buy plugged into my octopi. It’s attached to the desk behind the printer, pointed at the bed. It’s about good enough to see if the print has suffered catastrophic failure, and not much else.
Your image is brilliant, though. If I had something like that set up, I think I’d print garbage all day just to watch it go.
I did a nozzle cam setup with a cheap borescope out of eBay once, and definitely loved watching that first layer. Eventually it gave in to the heat and I haven’t bothered to replace yet though. Also multiple cameras on octopi was a bit of a pain to set up when I did it, but that was 2-3 years ago
I have several cheap USB website and they work fine but my best cam is probably the Luke’s lab USB cam I bought, it has or LEDs so it can see in the dark. I had issues with the atlas they provide for the camera case but the image from it is decent in any light which is real good.
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What does your mount look like for that nozzle cam?
Prusa mini: https://www.printables.com/model/121773-prusa-mini-nozzle-cam-mount-arducam-ov5647-w-m12-l
There are two generic formfactors: round/bore and square PCB/camera. Likely you will find a premade mount for your printer.
Make sure to buy a camera with adjustable focus.
I’ve got the cheapest USB webcam money can buy plugged into my octopi. It’s attached to the desk behind the printer, pointed at the bed. It’s about good enough to see if the print has suffered catastrophic failure, and not much else.
Your image is brilliant, though. If I had something like that set up, I think I’d print garbage all day just to watch it go.
I did a nozzle cam setup with a cheap borescope out of eBay once, and definitely loved watching that first layer. Eventually it gave in to the heat and I haven’t bothered to replace yet though. Also multiple cameras on octopi was a bit of a pain to set up when I did it, but that was 2-3 years ago
I have several cheap USB website and they work fine but my best cam is probably the Luke’s lab USB cam I bought, it has or LEDs so it can see in the dark. I had issues with the atlas they provide for the camera case but the image from it is decent in any light which is real good.
Does anyone have any kind of nozzle camera mount for Creality Ender 3 v3 KE ?