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icrude

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Anybody think it's possible hardware wise to hook up an old iSight camera with an old Firewire iPod cable to the iPhone? I'd love to get some helmet cam footage while mountain biking!
 
Anybody think it's possible hardware wise to hook up an old iSight camera with an old Firewire iPod cable to the iPhone? I'd love to get some helmet cam footage while mountain biking!

that would be tight, but the problem that i see with it, is that the SDK restricts developers to access to the dock connector (or it did in the early releases, someone correct me if im wrong). so developers cannot develop an app that requires the dock connector input
 
Anybody think it's possible hardware wise to hook up an old iSight camera with an old Firewire iPod cable to the iPhone? I'd love to get some helmet cam footage while mountain biking!

Well...an old firewire cable wouldn't fit into an iPhone to begin with, no?

But as far as camera attachments go, I asked a similar question (more for videoconferencing) here.

Meanwhile, I'm picturing an iSight taped to the top of your bike helmet, and can't stop smiling... :D
 
Anybody think it's possible hardware wise to hook up an old iSight camera with an old Firewire iPod cable to the iPhone? I'd love to get some helmet cam footage while mountain biking!

Well...an old firewire cable wouldn't fit into an iPhone to begin with, no?

But as far as camera attachments go, I asked a similar question (more for videoconferencing) here.

Meanwhile, I'm picturing an iSight taped to the top of your bike helmet, and can't stop smiling... :D

well if you got a old ipod firewire cable, a female to female firewire cable, and an isight video camera, wouldnt it fit. idk if the date transmission would be screwed up but it would "fit"
 
Better than an entire mini-dv camera taped to my head! LOL

I was thinking about doing this for some biking footage. Never got around to it, didn't want to hard my camera. I imagine it would look pretty awesome though. :p
 
well if you got a old ipod firewire cable, a female to female firewire cable, and an isight video camera, wouldnt it fit. idk if the date transmission would be screwed up but it would "fit"

The iPhone can't be synced with a firewire cable (though it can be charged). So I'm guessing data wouldn't go through for an iSight.
 
I am not sure what the power draw is for the old iSight, but that thing is huge so based on size I would guess it would eat through batteries.

Stupid assumption, but that is my guess.
 
I would buy an external camera for iPhone for shure

If the camera was small enough. I would use it for mounting to my helmet (dirt Bike) and keep my iphone safely stored away.

and, If it had a little led light plus a wand attachment, I could use it to find lost stuff like under the couch or to examine tight spaces (like lighting a pilot light or looking inside a motor)

I think a cam like this would sell easily for $99

If anyone figures this out I would be totally interested
 
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