guys: how about snipping down such long quotes a bit?
QuoteHe (i'm guessing you) is selling it as a hacked device. Both immoral and unprofessional. If you're selling an E4 don't mark it up 30% because you screwed around with the firmware.
Well I'm from the UK, not the US
Cost of camera = $995
Cost of eBay & Paypal fees at $1398 = $195
Cost of US postage (guess) = $30
TOTAL = $1220
$1398 - $1220 = $178 Profit.
In my opinion $178 is a fair profit for the seller who is providing a known working hacked camera and taking all risks including:
In my opinion, regardless as to what people are charging, they are going to kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
This began as a hobby effort, it's been fun and challenging, but by this fix becoming so public and becoming commercial, sooner or later you have to expect a serious response from FLIR. They will plug up the holes and
I wouldn't be surprised that there could be some legal retaliation.
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Enjoy it while you can, but I fear the free ride will come to an end. My two cents worth.
Hope I trimmed the thread a little.
Jim
In my opinion, regardless as to what people are charging, they are going to kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
This began as a hobby effort, it's been fun and challenging, but by this fix becoming so public and becoming commercial, sooner or later you have to expect a serious response from FLIR. They will plug up the holes and
I wouldn't be surprised that there could be some legal retaliation.
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Enjoy it while you can, but I fear the free ride will come to an end. My two cents worth.
Hope I trimmed the thread a little.
Jim+1 selling the "upgraded" item for a profit will hurt the rest in the long run if it becomes prevalent.
And selling information based on other's work, is well... wrong!
@Scientist,
I am confused by your comment...clever ? ...how ?
A FLIR thermal camera for sale as 'spares or repair' and sold without test. These are the sorts of auctions I target and buy to repair. I have been very pleased and successful with repairing faulty cameras bought in this way. The seller is being very honest in the auction. The fact that the camera comes without accessories or battery would tend to suggest that the seller is an electronics recycler. When equipment is scrapped it often has its battery removed for environmental compliance reasons.
For info, if that camera sells for less than $300 it's a good risk (if you know how to repair kit)
Aurora
General question:
Is it possible to add a -2 or -4 (I have no idea the exact value required) diopter IR lens so as to bring the close focus to something like 30cm ?
I was looking and it seems that BaF and CaF would be the choice, but I am not really sure, as I did not find precisely the IR wavelength range of the camera. something that is good into the visible range could be shoved atop the whole lens so as to cover the visible light lens too.
Duct Tape: the atomic and laser-lab physicist's secret weapon !
There does seem to be some odd information coming from Tequipment, such as the FW 1.22.2 that they said was coming in, yet never appeared. Personally I would order from a company that confirms FW 1.22.0
There does seem to be some odd information coming from Tequipment, such as the FW 1.22.2 that they said was coming in, yet never appeared. Personally I would order from a company that confirms FW 1.22.0
Flir Tools when checking for update reports my current version is 1.22.0 and that firmware 2.1.0 update is "available for free".
Hi everyone, I have everything i need and am computer literate but my command prompt will not let me conf_plain.txt to receive my suid and I am going nuts. Any help would be much appreciated.
command prompt tells me: cannot open output file conf_plain.txt
Thanks in advance. I have 1.22.0
Hi everyone, I have everything i need and am computer literate but my command prompt will not let me conf_plain.txt to receive my suid and I am going nuts. Any help would be much appreciated.
command prompt tells me: cannot open output file conf_plain.txt
Thanks in advance. I have 1.22.0