Our Ukrainian counterparts have designed some DIY CCD cameras based on the 6MP colour Sony ICX453AQ CCD (also used in QHY8Pro). The CCD can be obtained from old defective Nikon SLRs on ebay very cheaply. It should presumably be well known about here, but I don't really see any topics on it! They have been progressive improving the design cam10, cam81, cam83, cam84, cam86 etc  They provide instructions, components lists, gerber format PCB diagrams. Here is the info on the older cam84 (w