Musicmanager: Is there any chance a remote release can be rigged to it? In other words, can you tell if the release is mechanically linked or just a switch?
There is a remote release inline about 12 inches from the camera .. ..
Look at .. **broken link removed**
This is a much better ( and more expensive) version but the switch featured is identical. There is a thumbwheel on the top edge which controls the LED brightness and a button on the side for a snapshot or to activate/deactivate the video.
I'm beginning to conclude that it's ideal for high resolution searching/inspection especially in confined areas. Certainly I can read identification markings on components that I wouldn't be able to see with or without my glasses. Taking a picture requires a very steady hand which I only have sometimes, but in most cases the tripod can be rigged to hold things still.
I grew up without glasses then at around 40 years old my arms became "too short" for reading. I used reading glasses for a few years for closeups then I got tri-ocular glasses for very close, medium-close and far.
At around 62 years old I was blinded by cataracts and selected modern fixed tiny synthetic lenses in my eyes plus surgery to correct astigmatism that old people have. The lenses have fixed focus so I still use reading glasses for closeups but medium and far focus are perfect.
At that time adjustable focus synthetic lenses were very expensive and frequently "got stuck" and needed replacement. Now they are improved and work well.
I wonder why people wear glasses anymore since most will need cataracts surgery in the future anyway.
I'm also an old fart, dealing with smaller and smaller components, as my eyesight goes from bad to worse.
If you ask me, that is the reason I'm building fewer projects nowadays.
I use an illuminated jeweller's lens for assembly, but its magnification is not sufficient for proper solder inspection of small SMT components.
On a similar note, for those of us visually impaired: Hove you noticed how difficult it is to read laser-etched chips, as compared to the old ink printing?
And of course, neither MLCCs nor a lot of resistors have any printed values anymore.
SOICs, TSSOPs DFNs...definitively yes. Although in many instances is a code or abbreviation, which you have to go to the datasheet to decode.
But.........there is no room for the manufacurer's logo anymore.
Huh, I have difficulty reading the instructions on oven chips these days, even with my glasses !!!
Seriously though, I have noticed that many manufacturers seem to print identity in a colour similar to the rest of the surface - net even white anymore. Do you think there's a conspiracy by the younger generation to undermine their elders ??
The more I play with this gismo I bought the more I like it.
Nope
To highlight my problem, I got stopped by the Police today because I was going the wrong way up a one way street. I knew my eyesight was the problem when the officer asked me why I hadn't seen the arrows - Hell, I hadn't even seen the Indians !!!
Seriously though, I have noticed that many manufacturers seem to print identity in a colour similar to the rest of the surface - net even white anymore.
Mine arrived today. Quite impressed, though the connection to the LED's seems a bit flakey. Tried it on Win7 and Arch Linux, good on both except the snapshot button not working on Linux at the moment. Sure I can sort it out - well, if I can be bothered that is!
Nope
To highlight my problem, I got stopped by the Police today because I was going the wrong way up a one way street. I knew my eyesight was the problem when the officer asked me why I hadn't seen the arrows - Hell, I hadn't even seen the Indians !!!