Depstech USB Inspection Camera, Potensic® USB Endoscope Waterproof 2.0 Megapixels HD Borescope Camera Snake Soft Wire for PC/Latop/Computer and OTG & UVC Comp

The Potensic “HD” camera with six illumination LEDs measures up to the Az blurb and produces good pictures up to 1600x1200 pixels on my i5 W7P laptop, and is best at the focal length of between 4 and 8 cms. The camera does have some significant limitations as one might expect with a mere USB2 interface. The supplied mini-CD with the software on it seems to work well and my virus checker (Norton) did not object to it.Picture quality is at its best with the 1600x1200 resolution, but this also has only a 3 frames/second refresh rate, and using a USB3 port on the PC made no difference to the frame rate. Faster frame rates up to 30fps are possible but with more noise, lower resolutions, and with more loss in the compression. For 640x480 pixels live video resolution I prefer the pictures from my old  bore-cam  which has a much greater depth of field, but this Potensic is better for close-up images.The supplied software works well enough that I’ve installed it on the laptop and it produces better pictures than VLC player, mainly because it allows control of the camera modes. The camera appears with the name Teslong, and will be on the list with any other cameras the PC might have attached or built-in.The six LEDs are bright with a strong blue cast, but the auto white balance adjusts for this and it compensates for the blue sensors in the camera being noisier than those for red or green. The LEDs useful range matches the camera’s depth of field quite well. When using the LEDs the camera becomes much hotter than without. The recessed wheel on the USB plug is reasonably progressive when adjusting the LED light level.The body of the camera is 8.5mm in diameter by 45mm long. The lead is 4.5mm diameter and flexible, so needs stiffening support if it is to be fed through awkward places to inspect hidden recesses.I’ve posted two snapshots of a ruler showing the depth of field and picture noise, one at 1600x1200x3fps (cleaner and sharper) and one at 640x480x30fps (noisier and fuzzier), and added a pair of detail clips from these pics to better show the differences. I’ve also added a snapshot of part of its instruction leaflet to show the print and greyscale resolution at 1600x1200 with a zoomed in clip to show the details in the printing.

Works OK (eventually) and good value - BUT - sorry, I find it of limited use. It is more of a toy rather than an industrial inspection device, as written on the box label. The instructions are next to useless referring only to installing the enclosed software disc onto a PC. But I do not want to use it with a video suite on my PC, I want to use it live with my Nexus 10, to explore voids in my house (since it is described on the box for industrial inspection). There is no information on where to get an app to download for my Nexus, (or even a phone) so I had to seek and try various apps from the Google store. The camera cable is not stiff like indicated in the Amazon photo, and it is too floppy for poking into spaces around the house. I have stiffened the cable by wrapping with stiff wire to support the camera head, which makes it more usable but even then, how are you supposed to use the 5 metre long cable to control the camera head when it is too floppy to shove far into voids? Also, the very short focal length lens (about 15cm) is too short to see far under floorboards etc.Is it really a Potensic device? The only place "Potensic" is shown is on sticky tape on the plain white box. It is not even mentioned on the (nearly useless) instructions. On the Amazon site photo, which shows a stiff cable dipping into a goldfish bowl, "Potensic" is written on the led dimmer - but not on mine.

I ordered this USB Inspection Camera, Potensic® USB Endoscope Waterproof 2.0 Megapixels HD Borescope Camera Snake Soft Wire for PC/Latop/Computer and OTG & UVC Compatible Android Phones - 16.4 ft (5 m) for my husband to use when working on his car, but I'm sure it may also come in handy for other jobs around the house.An instruction manual was included and a CD Rom to insert into your computer to download the software needed to use.The camera has a light on which is handy for dark places, and it is IP67 waterproof as well.It also comes with some tools as per description.The software was easy and quick to use and you can take photos and a video when using it. I did test it out by putting camera down a plug hole in our house although I noticed the images seemed a bit delayed so you need to be patient.Overall I'm sure this camera will come in handy for things that cant be seen without one.I enjoy leaving reviews to help others in their purchasing decisions and hope my review has helped today, and if it has please click the "Yes" button below my review. If you have not found my review helpful then please let me know so I can improve my reviews in future

Works well, I use it on a Linux laptop with no messing about.Fairly small picture, e.g. less than half HD (400x600ish px would be my guess), but more than enough to get the job done.(Edit: The camera can produce up to 1600x1200 images but at a low framerate, just discovered this. Still, around the 640x480 resolution gives a good usable 30fps)The leds are very bright, and adjustable from the usb end.Focus is fixed a couple of centimetres in front of the camera which is perfect around 90% of the time.Comes with accessories; a mirror to look to the side instead of straight ahead, pretty useful, but imperfect (I.e. mine fills 80% of the cameras fov); a magnet to retrieve things which is surprisingly strong, can lift my keyring with many keys on it; and a hook which might be useful but I haven't used it.Overall worth the money, helps to get am idea where things are on my engine bay.