Ok, so the DepsTech WiFi Endoscope arrived today. It works actually pretty nicely. I got the 10 meter length snake, there is a 7 meter length model available, and if I were only going to work with musical instruments I might consider getting the shorter length, or even shorter if it were available. You really don't need a lot of length to look inside a guitar or a mandolin. Now a tuba, maybe...
If you get this device you'll need to get the software for your phone or for your pad. On Google Play there are two packages, you want the one named "WiFi View'. The one named "DepsTech Camera" is for another device. And you'll need specifically to go into your phone's or pad's setup and configure your device's wifi to recognize the scope, the "WiFi View" software won't work unless you do so.
Instructions are a little vague, but I managed to figure it out. While I've been a computer programmer for 40 years, if you put me in front of a copy machine or a fancier microwave my eyes go dim and I time out. I did ok with the scope and its instructions.
Depending on your device, the "WiFi View" software offers the ability to take video or still pictures in a wide variety of resolutions. It defaults to 640x480, but there are lots of options so if you aren't happy with the default resolution, check out the settings screen.
Now, managing the scope inside something is going to be a leaned skill for me. While I could make out what I was looking at, and could make it view the things I wanted to see, my hand is awfully shaky. I've attached a video here, but I'll warn you, if you get motion sickness you may want to watch this a few seconds at a time instead of watching the whole video.
This is of the inside of my F-9, I was trying to get a good inside view of the scroll. You'll see I also got my feet and some of my cats and etc. Some of the shots are good, but for the most part, it's obviously a first try.
So far I'm actually very pleased, and I'm looking forward to trying this out on some other applications. Funny, I never thought I'd wish for a gopher in the front yard.
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