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Re: Focusing the AXIS camera in LV

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Originally Posted by Greg Marra View Post
You're spot on.

What my teams have done in the past with the CMUCam is to make a "witness mark" with a paint pen across the lens assembly once we have the camera in focus. That way, if the lens gets accidentally rotated again, we can roughly refocus it by re-aligning the witness mark line without the need to hook the camera up to a computer. This is particularly useful with the quick turn-around times between matches!
One other suggestion to do in addition to the witness mark it to put a small spot of silicon glue or hot glue at a point bridging the edge of the focus ring and the camera housing. This will prevent accidental movement of the ring. It also allows changing the focus later if desired. DO NOT USE SUPER GLUE or EPOXY!!
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