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There are two screws located at the bottom, remove the screws, and the bottom piece of the eye camera (the stand) should come off.
 
There are two screws located at the bottom, remove the screws, and the bottom piece of the eye camera (the stand) should come off.
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'''Step 5:''' On the circuit board, remove 5 screws on top part of the circuit board.
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'''Step 5:''' On the circuit board, remove the 4 screws circled in red shown on the image.
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'''Step 6:''' Take out 2 screws that are on the bottom of circuit board behind the lens.
 
  
'''Step 7:''' Take out circuit board
 
  
'''Step 8:''' Remove lens
 
  
'''Step 9:''' Take the lens and hold it up with the square side facing you.You should see a small circular piece of glass, which is the IR filter.
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'''Step 6:'''At this point you should be able to remove the circuit board.
  
'''Step 10:''' Use a small blade to gently tap all around the connection between the IR filter and the lens.
 
  
'''Step 11:''' Take a larger blade and go around the connection between IR filter and the lens until it pops out. Now you should have a lens without the circular shiny piece of glass meaning that at this point you have removed the IR filter.
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'''Step 7:''' The lens should be detached from the circuit board since the screws were removed in Step 5.
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'''Step 8:''' Take the lens and hold it up with the square side facing you.You should see a small circular piece of glass, which is the IR filter.Use a Flat Head to gently tap all around the connection between the IR filter and the lens. Then repeat the process with a blade.
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Continue until you can remove the filter. Be careful, it's glass!
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'''Step 11:'''

Revision as of 17:06, 27 February 2015

The IR filter is responsible for prohibiting infrared materials to be visible through a camera. Removing the IR filter allows for infrared to be visible.

PS3 Eye Camera

This is a step by step tutorial on removing the Infrared (IR) filter from the PS3 Eye Camera.

It's important to note that this tutorial is specific to the PS3 Eye Camera and other cameras may require different procedures

Minimum Materials Needed:

PS3 Eye Camera

Screwdriver

Flathead

Box Cutter (or anything with a blade)


Step 1: Hold the camera with the back of the camera facing you, and pop off the 4 circular black plastic dots using a Flathead or blade.

Ps3eyecam2.jpg

Step 2: Remove the 4 screws.

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Step 3: Use a Flathead to break the eye camera apart. Begin by starting on the side of the camera. This can be done by inserting the Flathead in between the plastic pieces and slowly pulling them away from each other.

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Note: The hard part is the area below the USB connection, you may need to apply more pressure to get these pieces separated, and may need to use a blade.

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Step 4: At this point you should have separated the parts and should be able to see the circuit board.

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There are two screws located at the bottom, remove the screws, and the bottom piece of the eye camera (the stand) should come off.

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Step 5: On the circuit board, remove the 4 screws circled in red shown on the image.

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Step 6:At this point you should be able to remove the circuit board.


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Step 7: The lens should be detached from the circuit board since the screws were removed in Step 5.

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Step 8: Take the lens and hold it up with the square side facing you.You should see a small circular piece of glass, which is the IR filter.Use a Flat Head to gently tap all around the connection between the IR filter and the lens. Then repeat the process with a blade.

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Continue until you can remove the filter. Be careful, it's glass!


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Lens without IR filter

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