Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Just curious, has anyone ever been able to take a webcam apart and use it as a component. I'd like to know if I could use one like http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-H5D-00001-LifeCam-Cinema/dp/B002MCZJ78/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1290481505&sr=1-3 in an ROV. (Sorry about the lon...

Pretty much all digital cameras these days also pick up infrared light, however most have filters over them to block out the IR wavelengths in order to create better pictures. It's just a matter of opening up the camera and removing the filters. However you will then need to do the opposite of this,...