Olympus Webcam

SebecLake · 01-19-2009, 03:52 PM

I have been using an Olympus digicam as a webcam at Sebec Lake in Maine -www.SebecLake.net for several years. Lately I have upgraded from a 2 megapixel to a 6 megapixel camera and I wrote my own software to control it.

This information might be helpful to those that don't want to spend the dollars needed for a Stardot system and can also can keep their camera inside. Mine looks out through a glass porch. Temperatures reach -20F and still keeps running. I don't know if it has been discussed here before that you can easily configure certain Olympus cameras for webcam use using Cam2Com and Pine Tree Computing software and now www.SebecTec.com (that's me).

-Mike

Pineedles · 01-19-2009, 07:59 PM

The quality is good Sebec, but the intelligence of the narrator on the squirrel cam is questionable.

"You can buy a squirrel feeder but after looking at the one at ACE hardware I decided it would be easy enough to make a squirrel feeder out of some scrap wood."

YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY OR MAKE A SQUIRREL FEEDER! Just feed the birds, the squirrels will eat everything that you put out for them.

SebecLake · 01-19-2009, 10:01 PM

Hey, everybody has a bird feeder. Why not be different... be one with the squirrel...

SebecLake · 01-22-2009, 10:51 AM

If you want to make a time lapse movie FFMPEG can take an image sequence and make a video file. I have it set up to automatically make a time-lapse of each day's images. You can see the result on this page which also has info on how to set up your own time lapse. http://www.sebeclake.net/timeLapse.htm

01-19-2009, 03:52 PM	#1
SebecLake Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Olympus Webcam I have been using an Olympus digicam as a webcam at Sebec Lake in Maine -www.SebecLake.net for several years. Lately I have upgraded from a 2 megapixel to a 6 megapixel camera and I wrote my own software to control it. This information might be helpful to those that don't want to spend the dollars needed for a Stardot system and can also can keep their camera inside. Mine looks out through a glass porch. Temperatures reach -20F and still keeps running. I don't know if it has been discussed here before that you can easily configure certain Olympus cameras for webcam use using Cam2Com and Pine Tree Computing software and now www.SebecTec.com (that's me). -Mike

01-19-2009, 07:59 PM	#2
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,535 Thanks: 1,058 Thanked 652 Times in 363 Posts	Buy a squirrel feeder? The quality is good Sebec, but the intelligence of the narrator on the squirrel cam is questionable. "You can buy a squirrel feeder but after looking at the one at ACE hardware I decided it would be easy enough to make a squirrel feeder out of some scrap wood." YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY OR MAKE A SQUIRREL FEEDER! Just feed the birds, the squirrels will eat everything that you put out for them.

01-19-2009, 10:01 PM	#3
SebecLake Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Feed the squirrels Hey, everybody has a bird feeder. Why not be different... be one with the squirrel...

01-22-2009, 10:51 AM	#4
SebecLake Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Time-Lapse If you want to make a time lapse movie FFMPEG can take an image sequence and make a video file. I have it set up to automatically make a time-lapse of each day's images. You can see the result on this page which also has info on how to set up your own time lapse. http://www.sebeclake.net/timeLapse.htm

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