I been using the camera on my smart phone as a video/camera scope for years.

Both personal and professional..

working on a piece of equipment or car at home or at work where I can only get a hand in to see what's going on in both still frame or video.

Was an invaluable tool and still is.

Hopefully I don't drop it when in these tight spaces..... but I'm sure its going to happen.

Good idea. So good i do it myself . Get engine number when i can't get my head down there. Wiring detail when we moved the robot and needed to reconnect at the new place. Leak at back of motor with the firewall too close to get a mirror in to look around.

A strange one was a light fitting that seemed to be full of crap and was too high to look into but not beyond the reach of my camera. It revealed a bird nest with chicks. Brake assembly on one i was not familiar with.

Jim

Yes, that also what I use it for, to pull infortion of a label on a motor or pump.

We had trouble with out internet at home, and it was the router. The written on the label was so small. (Plus my eyesight not what it used to be) I take a picture of it. and its as clear as day.

And at work, we had a 5,000 gallon balance tank, that was against the wall. dam tank sprung a leak and could not see where it was coming from. There was barely 6 inches clearance, well I couldn't get my head in there to see, but I took a video of it. Was able to make a assessment to take it off line for repairs.

Turned out there was a bracket welded on the inside that held the 8" inlet pipe.

Last week, A customer in the Dominican Republic need help with a gutted pump control panel. I asked him to get some shots of the panel and send them to me. From the images, I was able to develop a wiring diagram and send it back. His electrician used it to get the panel going that day. This was the first time I had tried this.

our controls engineer where I work, works that way at times also.

I get the filling, that the camera has always been working in the shop.