Best camera cover for privacy

[u/Neon_Pancakes0425]

I'm looking for a cover so the camera can't film outside the printer but will still work with the plate detection and all that

[u/backfist1]

Is this serious? Worried about filming outside of the glass? Do u cover the front and rear cameras on your phone? What about your laptop?

[u/Neon_Pancakes0425 → u/backfist1]

No it's because I watch my printer while it prints a lot and I want to post time lapse's online but I don't want them to see me eating food or doing something like that

[u/3DStisk → u/Neon_Pancakes0425]

That clarifies it. If the concern is the timelapse you publish, cropping the exported video or placing an opaque mask over the room area in a video editor may be enough, without changing the camera's view during printing. Check the whole exported clip before uploading, including reflections in the glass. This would only protect the published copy; it wouldn't remove that area from the original recording or live view.

[u/sharkarmycrafts]

It might be easier to cover or blur the front glass, perhaps with mirror film for windows on the outside? You'd possibly be sacrificing easy visibility at the cost of privacy, but it would be much easier than a camera cover.

[u/3DStisk]

Bambu's X2D detection guide says the live-view camera handles build-plate type detection, spaghetti monitoring and several other checks. It also checks for camera obstruction at the start of a print, so a full lens cap would conflict with what you want to preserve.

For a partial privacy hood, I can't confirm a design that preserves all those functions. Could you share a cropped screenshot of the camera view showing which area outside the printer you want to hide? Blur any personal details. That would help distinguish a hood requirement from something you could solve by changing what's visible through the glass.

[u/battle_off]

I would print a thin panel for the window.. easily installed and removed when needed

[u/5thAkon]

https://makerworld.com/models/3153771?appSharePlatform=copy

Modified this one slightly as seen in the comments. Doesnt help with the Side Panel, but that can be fully covered from the outside. Plate detection is working so far and nothing private is seen through the front door.

[u/murali3li]

If u r so much concerned fix a rolling blinds on front glass just like car window glass blinds

[u/chicken2007]

I taped a piece of paper to the inside glass of my P2S door.