Well you’re talking about 2 things... a prime focus ccd camera (they run $60-$300 for basic ones)!and just a simple iPhone holder. I’ve ordered the latter. Just plain fiber isn’t a meaningful thing to insert there. You want to convert image to electrical signal before moving it.
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Replying to @vgr
ah okay i was just imagining something that would suck onto the surface of the phone with a lens that would aim into a bundle of fibre that would go out to another lens onto the eyepiece
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I’m not sure optic fiber alone can be used that way. It needs lasers I thought? It’s not a sensor. Sounds like you’re suggesting piping the live photons passively from the image plane elsewhere. Like diverting rainwater from roof with gutters?
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Replying to @doriantaylor
Well endoscopes have active lighting going one way and the target is close enough for reflective illumination
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Replying to @vgr @doriantaylor
Hmmmm maybe you just invented something that could workhttps://www.explainthatstuff.com/endoscopes.html
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Replying to @vgr @doriantaylor
I think your idea could possibly work if the tejescopecend had some boosting like with a photomultiplier tube of some sort
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obviously there would be an interpolation problem packing the cylinders at the ends but at the same time it doesn't seem to matter for endoscopes
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Replying to @doriantaylor
Yeah even 1 megapixel implies a 1000x1000 square bundle if each fiber is one pixel. Unless each fiber can be more than 1 pixel
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Replying to @vgr
my understanding was the fibres were considerably more than one pixel
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NASA did this apparentlyhttps://www.quora.com/Is-it-possible-to-transmit-an-image-with-an-optic-fiber-with-only-lenses-and-mirrors-without-the-use-of-electronic-devices …
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Replying to @vgr
honestly i assumed "optical fibre" just meant a material that when bundled would faithfully conduct an image from one surface to another
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Replying to @doriantaylor
Apparently not. It transmits a Gaussian corresponding to the fiber’s’ain mode so it’s 1 pixel per strand if I’m understanding correctly
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