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In anticipation of my trip to Arizona tomorrow night, I decided to calibrate my netbook's monitor as it will be my only editing tool. However, accomplishing this was not too easy of a task.
I purchased an X-Rite i1 Display 2 a few months back to calibrate my triple monitor setup. It works awesome! Though, the software isn't quite fit for a netbook. On the small 1024x600 monitor, the window for the calibration software doesn't get large enough to show the entire window. Instead, it cuts off the option buttons, and the ever crucial "next."
To get this to work, I ened up hooking my netbook up to my TV to gain a higher resolution screen. I opened the calibration software on the TV, and then had to change the screen orientation on my netbook to portrait so it would be tall enough. After propping the netbook up on it's side, I was able to slide the calibration software window over to the netbook's screen, drop the calibration tool on it, and actually calibrate.
A lot of work? Yes. But the point is I got it to work. :D
For this Macro Monday photography gear theme, I shot my DSLR Lens Focus Calibration Card. I purchased it several years ago when I got my Sigma 35mm f/1.4 ART lens and needed to micro-calibrate it. That lens worked beautifully on my Nikon D700 but even with using the lens dock and micro-calibrating it several times, it misses focus on my D750... so I don't use it anymore. For this image, I focused my Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens on the #2 on the ruler and thought of the title... (Not) 2 Focused... because that's how I am feeling with my photography this year. I purposely didn't start any new projects, like the weekly P52 or daily P365, in the hopes that I would finally get caught up on my backlog of editing. I have so many personal projects that I would like to polish and submit to galleries. I am just not motivated at the moment! Sigh, this too shall pass. I think it happens to every artist, these lulls where you feel the nagging pressure to produce yet avoid actually working. Hopefully something will inspire me soon.
Acquisition, Calibration- Mike Selby
Post-processing- Warren Keller
Telescope- PlaneWave CDK1000, OS RiDK 700
Mounts- Planewave
Camera- FLI PL16803
Filters: Chroma LRGB 2" · Astrodon LRGB
Software: StarKeeper.it Voyager
Location- Obstech, El Sauce, Chile
PixInsight 1.8.8-8, Photoshop 2021
Object description at www.billionsandbillions.com
focus, inner peace and power in the eye of my storm.
this work has been featured on the lovely Curioos Arts' blog
prisoner-12
G-VNAV
Diamond DA62
Flight Calibration Services Ltd
London Luton Airport (LTN / EGGW)
14.5.22.
Calibrator taxiing out for departure.
DISCOVERED a new color calibration tool in PixInsight (Photometric Color Calibration) which is getting me much better color in my images during processing. Very pleased with this result!)
This galaxy lies approximately 21 million light years away. It is interacting/colliding with another galaxy (smaller object to the top, NGC 5195) which has been continuing for millions of years. Several supernovas have been spotted here in recent years.
Last night presented an exceptional night of viewing here in Central Texas. Temperatures around freezing, clear skies and a moon that set around 9:15pm. I was able to capture 3 hours of data on this object before I had to go to bed to get ready for work the next day.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: Astrotelescopes ED 80mm Refractor
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 33*5 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -30C
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in Photomatix Pro HDR and Adobe Lightroom
This is the calibration target on the Mars Curiosity Rover for the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera. The swatches allow for color calibration in various lighting conditions. In the middle is a pixel scale validation target. The 1909 Lincoln Penny (1909 was the first year they were minted) was included as a reference to geologists using pennies to show scale in their photographs of samples. A lot of fine and medium grain iron oxide dust have adhered to the assembly making it appear rusty in color.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Airline: Flight Calibration Services (FCS)
Aircraft: Diamond Aircraft Diamond DA-62
Registration: G-DVOR CN: 62.040
Acquisition, Calibration- Mike Selby
Post-processing- Warren Keller
Telescope- CDK1000
Mounts- Planewave
Camera- FLI PL16803
Filters: Chroma LRGB 2"
Software: StarKeeper.it Voyager
Location- Obstech, El Sauce, Chile
PixInsight 1.8.9, Photoshop 2022
Object description at www.billionsandbillions.com
Diverted via Barrow Hill and a reversal at Woodhouse Junction Sdgs due to a car crashing into the level crossing at Upper Portland near Pinxton, 3Z10 07:30 Derby R.T.C - High Marnham seen on the outskirts of Edwinstowe after an extremely slow run from Shirebrook, HNRail 37405 providing the power with UTU2 in tow for calibration at the test track. Note the crop sprayer on the left behind the train having just given the train a good dowsing it also kept watering the overhead power lines of which I’m not sure is ideal…
Having some colour calibration issues..... after a few test prints, think I have finally managed to match my screen to the printers I am going to use.... However, now I reckon my screen is a funny colour compared to everyone else's! Hope the colours don't look too weird in this....?! They look warm orange and purple-y to me... possibly too much but I'm too sleepy to change it now!
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 13-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 10-May-23.
Originally built as a Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, this aircraft was delivered to the USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) serialled 42-68784 in 1943.
It was converted to civil DC-3A standard and sold to ABA Aerotransport, Sweden, one of the forerunners of SAS, as SE-BAU in Oct-45. It was transferred to SAS Scandinavian Airline System in Feb-51.
It also carried the French Overseas registration F-OAIF but I have no details. The aircraft was sold to BUA British United Airways as G-AOBN in Jun-66 and used by their Radio Calibration Unit.
It was sold to Ethiopian Airlines as ET-AGR in 1975 and transferred to RRC Air Services for Humanitarian Air work. It was written off in Aug-77 when it was destroyed in a air raid at Jigiga, Ethiopia.
Acquisition, Calibration- Mike Selby
Post-processing- Warren Keller
Telescope- RiDK 700
Camera- FLI PL16803
Location- Obstech, El Sauce, Chile
PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CC
Object description at www.billionsandbillions.com
I regularly dial my camera in on this gate when walking along this farm accesss road.
Agent Shadow 400 @ 800 iso
Olympus OM-2
Zuiko 28mm f/3.5
Orange Cokin A filter
Developed in Kodak HC-110 dilution E 1+47
13 minutes at 20 celcius.
Edited with Affinity Photo 2
Some of the Republic of China Air Force action at Taipei's Songshan Airport 19/3/19. One of several Beech 1900C-1's seen was 1911 of the Calibration Squadron.
Fabulous pre-production Aerospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation Concorde G-AXDN blasts away from Farnborough's runway while making a spirited demo during the 1974 SBAC show.
With the characteristic 'droop snoot' down, she was the third airframe built and the second British made Concorde, construction number 101 was the first of four pre-production airframes, F-WTSA (102), F-WTSB (201) and G-BBDG (202) - the latter now at Brooklands that proved the concept prior to introduction into service.
With Paris Salon number 196 still showing, her photographic calibration marks clearly visible and the specially marked black segmented 'ogee' wing leading edge, 'DN' spent her whole life on test before being withdrawn for preservation at Duxford - arriving there in August of 1977.
The prototypes and pre-production aircraft lack the finesse of the latter 'production' machines especially apparent in this shot being the absence of the extended fuselage empennage aft of the fin that the later magnificent super-sonic airliners had.
The rest as they say - is History!
Scanned 35mm Transparency
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Irish registered Diamond DA-62 EI-TCN of Flight Calibration Services Limited runs 'dead-side' in Shoreham's overhead before returning to base there as 'VOR 09'
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Flight Calibration Services’ Irish registered Diamond DA62 EI-TCN at Gloucestershire Airport on 11th September 2024 while undertaking instrument landing system (ILS) calibration. Thanks to Keith C. Wilson
Hawker Beechcraft 350 King Air (B300) YU-BTC SMATSA Serbia Flight Calibration Service Riga International RIX EVRA Latvia
The Eastman-Kodak mirror assembly for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is tested at the X-Ray and Cryogenic Facility at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in 2003. In this photo, one of many segments of the mirror assembly is being set up inside the 24-ft vacuum chamber where it will undergo X-ray calibration tests. The tests are conducted in a vacuum chamber cooled to approximate the super cold temperatures found in space. JWST is NASA's next generation space telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Image Credit: NASA
#NASAMarshall #jwst #jameswebbspacetelescope #space #telescope
Arriving from Prestwick, Flight Calibration Services Vulcanair P.68 I-VICC turns downwind to land back at Shoreham as 'VOR 03'
I'm not sure if this airframe is being used for Calibration work or FCSL have entered into the Aerial Survey World?
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Acquisition, Calibration- Mike Selby
Post-processing- Warren Keller
Telescope- RiDK 700
Camera- FLI PL16803
Location- Obstech, El Sauce, Chile
PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CC
Object description at www.billionsandbillions.com
Feb. 12, 2021 APOD
Photo from the Michael Bernhard collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1988-02
XS639
Hawker Siddeley HS-780 Andover E3A
SET.23
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Peter de Jong & Alastair T. Gardiner:
The Andover was a military transport variant of the HS.748 airliner, with a rear loading ramp and kneeling landing gear. This aircraft was built in 1967 as the tactical transport C.1 version but converted to E.3A standard in 1976 for calibration duties, hence the high-vis scheme. Her last flight was in July 94 when she arrived at Cosford for display at the RAF Museum.
XS639 at AMS in the mid-1970s:
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XS639 at RAF CVT in July 1991 demonstrating its kneeling capability:
www.flickr.com/photos/131806380@N05/34586057816
XS639 displayed at Cosford in April 2016:
www.flickr.com/photos/131476466@N02/26619298285
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
Godin Motif: Neutral Density 0-stop Long Exposure Calibration - Canon EOS 1D Mark II with Canon EF 28-135mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS USM (EOS mount) & ND0 (no filters) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Camera information: Calibration= 0,003 Millimetres per pixel; Capture format= 2048 x 1536; Gamma= 1,20; Gain= 3,4 x; Exposure= 342,0 ms; Auto exposure= Off; Image type= Colour; Sharpening= On; Black clip= 0; White clip= 0;
Microscope information: Main Objective Mag.= 1; Visual Magnification= 24; Video Magnification= 1,20; Zoom Iris= 1;
Acquisition, Calibration- Mike Selby
Post-processing- Warren Keller
Telescope- CDK1000
Mounts- Planewave
Camera- FLI PL16803
Filters: Chroma LRGB 2"
Software: StarKeeper.it Voyager
Location- Obstech, El Sauce, Chile
PixInsight 1.8.9, Photoshop 2022
Object description at www.billionsandbillions.com
My calibration system is giving me trouble and I'd love to know how my color looks on your screen if you're calibrated. This one is after the most recent calibration and all the rest are before. Thanks!
I re-calibrated the rangefinder on this Voigtländer Vitoret DR, and this is a test of my work. Infinity was quite off, so photos from the first roll were pretty soft. Although I couldn't find anything specific for this camera, the mechanism is simple and easy to access, so I lucked out. I also cleaned the viewfinder; I loved how big it was, but it was foggy before. I'm not confident to tackle the shutter, so I still only have 1/125th and 1/300th, but that's good enough for me. The focus is good now. Overall, a fun rangefinder; it's reasonably light and pretty quiet. I love the shutter button in front too!
Voigtländer Vitoret DR, 2nd roll, test after re-calibration of rangefinder
Kodak GC/Ultramax 400
Developed at home in Unicolor/Argentix
Scanned with Pakon F135
modern Russian oil tank car model 15-150-04 with tank volume calibration code 90 are built by the PLC Uralvagonzavod, Russia - code 5
G-TACN Diamond Aircraft DA.62 Twin Star Flight Calibration Services @ Belfast International Airport 21/07/2020