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Making, baking, and (un-)breaking things in Southeast Michigan.

Light Table + Loupe

November 11, 2006

I really wish I had a small light table and loupe right now. :\

Oh, can anyone recommend a nice, and reasonably priced, light table and loupe? The prices seem to range from $15 to around $90, and beyond temperature controlled lights, I can’t really tell the difference.

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110 Slides

November 3, 2006

The downside to a nice scanner is that I can see precisely how the Kodak Pocket Carousel slide projector grabs the slides. Top-center, leaving a couple small scratches on almost every frame.

On second thought, it may be from the processing. There’s no marring of the carrier at that point, and it seems to go under the carrier. Hmm.

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110 Slide vs. Coolscan V ED

November 2, 2006


My mom in 1977.
(Click for full res.)

Here’s one unretouched scan of a 110 slide (13mm x 17mm) which I just scanned with a Nikon Coolscan V ED. In short, I’m very impressed. For an almost 30 year old, tiny negative to… that. And film grain is visible.

Now, to find out how to get good correction for Ektachrome’s horrible reddening problem properly implemented. And to scan ~600 slides.

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HBD-1 Hog Bung Dropper

October 31, 2006

Darn. I was hoping for somewhere around an order of magnitude cheaper. Then I would have purchased one:

Dear Steve:

Thank you for your interest in Jarvis Products.

Net price to you for the HBD-1, part number 4022028 is $ 4,630.00. To ship
UPS ground the charge is $ 15.00 for a total of $ 4,645.00.

Please let me know if you require any further information.

Best Regards
Peter Gwyther

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Vigneau [mailto:c0nsumer@nuxx.net]
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 5:33 PM
To: sales@jarvisproducts.com
Subject: Pricing on HBD-1 Hog Bung Dropper

Hello,

Could you please tell me the pricing for one HBD-1 Hog Bung Dropper? I
would need this shipped to zip code 48315, which is in the Metro Detroit
area.

Thanks very much...

-Steve Vigneau
c0nsumer@nuxx.net
586-524-1675

For reference: HBD-1 Hog Bung Dropper, under the section Bung Cutting. Demonstration video here.

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Coolscan V ED

October 30, 2006

I finally just gave in and purchased a Nikon Coolscan V ED. I’ve been fighting with scanning a bunch of 110 slides for three days now, and thus far I’ve been having mixed results with my flatbed scanner and a copy of Vuescan.

After checking prices on eBay and seeing that these scanners regularly sell for near $500, I figure I can spend the $550 to buy a new one, scan a bunch of stuff, then sell it. On top of the 600-some 110 slides my parents have from the 70s and 80s, I have a bunch of 35mm slides I want to scan (similar to these (photo gallery retired)) which I hope the Coolscan V ED does better than my flatbed did.

Oh, and there are a whole bunch more 35mm negatives in the basement from my grandparents… < sigh > This will likely be a big project.

I really didn’t want to spend this much on them, but at this point my choices are to either scan the slides for viewing then re-scan them in the future, or scan them at the best quality I can realistically do and call it done. Or, as done as possible with current decent technology. Since some of the Kodachrome slides of my parents are starting to get the typical red tint to them, I think they need to get digitally archived sooner than later, too.

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HobbyLab USB Oscilloscope

October 25, 2006


Inside of the HobbyLab USB Oscilloscope
(Click for more photos…)

Today a USB Oscilloscope from HobbyLab arrived. The nice thing about it is that it also has a logic analyzer build in. So, if things go as planned I’ll hook it to the Honda Music Link tonight and start picking apart its serial data.

Also, I’m moving photos of things I’ve acquired (purchased, traded, or otherwise come into possession of) into a photo album called Stuff I’ve Acquired (photo gallery retired). Thusly many of the links down below have probably broken. My photo gallery is long overdue for a reorganization. It’s become difficult for me to find things.

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