ThiEye T5e Frame Case and Lens Hood

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Here you can find my ThiEye T5e frame case with added lens hood. I needed a lightweight case that doesn't add too much heft to my roadbike while also avoiding the fogging issues we all know from the underwater cases. I wanted a lenshoo, too, both for better flare resistance and also for lens protection from the forces of nature. The framcease together with the lenshood plate are wedging the camera in between so it cannot fall out (tested on my roadbike and cobblestone roads). I hope this model will be useful for quadcopter use, too. At the moment the lens hood is still a tiny bit too long on the left and right sides. I will take a look into this. Also the lens hood is only designed for the 166˚ viewing mode without electronic stabilization. I might design lens hoods for super view, picture mode or EIS recording modes if there is any demand. I designed everything in Sketchup (needed a run through Netfabb, though) and I took various inspirations from framecases and lens hoods already existing on Thingiverse for other action camera models. There was none for my ThiEye online yet, so after designing I wanted to share it with you guys. Let me know whether you like it and if you want to see some upgrades being made to it. Planned updates/upgrades: - make my test models black (matte black spraypaint) - design a lens cap - get the lenshood 100% right for 166˚ non-stabilized mode - add access to the microphone port - I might want to add access to the battery compartment, but I am afraid that it takes away a lot of the rigidity and will be the weakest point prone to fracture if used for example on a bike.