First ever CVS Red case mod?! *** UPDATE - 05.05.05 ***
Hmm, I haven't seen anyone posting a Case Mod for the camera, so I may be the first to do one... How cool is that? Anyways, I was hoping to get my digiCam back on time, to shoot the whole process of this mod, but sadly, it is still not here, and I have a deadline to meet (this is going to be a birthday present to my girlfriend). This mod is going to be a complete facelift for the camera, starting from the case, all the way to the fonts, so stay tuned. Since I can't wait any longer for the digiCam, I snapped some shots with my Nokia 6600, and here are 3 of them, just to give you a taste of it:(With, and without, the masking tape.)
Now for the cool stuff...
This is a better shot of the custom cable I made inside the camera. This cable is soldered onto the PCB, and hooks up to the custom USB port on the inside. As I said before, this was done to allow future modifications, should the need arise. (The photo on the right is a glimps of the custom USB port)
Ok, I know this camera is not that good at close-ups, but you can still make out the port, and well, you get the idea:
Did you notice anything "wierd" in that last one? No? Well, maybe this one will make it easier for you:
Still no clue? Ok, I'll tell you what it is. There's no ginormous hole on the side of the camera anymore. Since I made the port at the bottom, there's no need for the hole anymore. And, as a bonus, I get extra support for the PCB board. :D
Here's a view of the filled hole from the outside, and of everything put back up together, with the cable attached to the camera:
A little technical mumbo jumbo:
- Custom USB cable was made out of a USB Mouse cable, and a CD-ROM to Sound Card cable connector.
- Custom USB Port was made out of a Sound Card port.
- Custom in-case USB cable was made out of a USB cable of an old Palm Pilot cradle.
- Paint used for this job was a spray paint for plastic with a Satin finish.
- Hole was filled with a plasterin-style plastic, that hardens after 45 minutes, and can be sanded, painted, etc. after 3-4 hours of drying.
- Masking tape used was a highly cosmic brand, which can only be found in one store, in a back alley in New York City. This was by far the single most important tool in this project, and if it wasn't for its unique cosmic qualities I may have never been able to achieve this. So thanks, Cosmic inc. for hooking me up with this wonderful product.
Hope you find this interesting/usefull in any way. I sure enjoy(ed) working on it, and will probably make another one after this one is done, with all of the features I want to add. If anyone is interested, and has a couple of bucks (around 50, actually) to shed, I'd be happy to mod his camera for him in exchange for a second one for myself. (Since I'm ovr-seas at the moment, and short on cash, I wont be able to get me a second one anytime soon.)
My next update might take a while, as I'm still waiting for the labels to come from the printing house.
I might upload the TFTs first though, so stay tuned, even though I plan on making the TFTs match the labels, so there will be minor changes in the backgrounds. (Since the label has a certain patern, and the backgrounds will have the same pattern continued, I will need to offset the TFTs based on how the label is placed.)
Hmm, I haven't seen anyone posting a Case Mod for the camera, so I may be the first to do one... How cool is that? Anyways, I was hoping to get my digiCam back on time, to shoot the whole process of this mod, but sadly, it is still not here, and I have a deadline to meet (this is going to be a birthday present to my girlfriend). This mod is going to be a complete facelift for the camera, starting from the case, all the way to the fonts, so stay tuned. Since I can't wait any longer for the digiCam, I snapped some shots with my Nokia 6600, and here are 3 of them, just to give you a taste of it:
Now for the cool stuff...
This is a better shot of the custom cable I made inside the camera. This cable is soldered onto the PCB, and hooks up to the custom USB port on the inside. As I said before, this was done to allow future modifications, should the need arise. (The photo on the right is a glimps of the custom USB port)
Ok, I know this camera is not that good at close-ups, but you can still make out the port, and well, you get the idea:
Did you notice anything "wierd" in that last one? No? Well, maybe this one will make it easier for you:
Still no clue? Ok, I'll tell you what it is. There's no ginormous hole on the side of the camera anymore. Since I made the port at the bottom, there's no need for the hole anymore. And, as a bonus, I get extra support for the PCB board. :D
Here's a view of the filled hole from the outside, and of everything put back up together, with the cable attached to the camera:
A little technical mumbo jumbo:
- Custom USB cable was made out of a USB Mouse cable, and a CD-ROM to Sound Card cable connector.
- Custom USB Port was made out of a Sound Card port.
- Custom in-case USB cable was made out of a USB cable of an old Palm Pilot cradle.
- Paint used for this job was a spray paint for plastic with a Satin finish.
- Hole was filled with a plasterin-style plastic, that hardens after 45 minutes, and can be sanded, painted, etc. after 3-4 hours of drying.
- Masking tape used was a highly cosmic brand, which can only be found in one store, in a back alley in New York City. This was by far the single most important tool in this project, and if it wasn't for its unique cosmic qualities I may have never been able to achieve this. So thanks, Cosmic inc. for hooking me up with this wonderful product.
Hope you find this interesting/usefull in any way. I sure enjoy(ed) working on it, and will probably make another one after this one is done, with all of the features I want to add. If anyone is interested, and has a couple of bucks (around 50, actually) to shed, I'd be happy to mod his camera for him in exchange for a second one for myself. (Since I'm ovr-seas at the moment, and short on cash, I wont be able to get me a second one anytime soon.)
My next update might take a while, as I'm still waiting for the labels to come from the printing house.
I might upload the TFTs first though, so stay tuned, even though I plan on making the TFTs match the labels, so there will be minor changes in the backgrounds. (Since the label has a certain patern, and the backgrounds will have the same pattern continued, I will need to offset the TFTs based on how the label is placed.)