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Went over and had a look at this amazing Scammell this morning. Thanks for letting us pop over and have a look. The trader is a real beauty aswell stunning. A big thanks....
First guided imaging session since I did the Hypertune on my CGEM-DX. Any and all problems I was having with DEC guiding has been completely resolved. I had a slight oscillation in the RA axis which I think is from using a little too much grease on the RA bell gear. I should have taken it back apart and cleaned it off but I didn't, and now I'm kinda kicking myself for being lazy. Anyway, other than the slight RA oscillation I had my usual focus issues as is very evident in this frame. Seeing was great so I can't blame the sky gods ;)
One more issue I encountered was in the use of a 15 foot power cable for my CCD. I usually run the supplied cable off a regulated power source (Stanley Power Station), but last night I used the extended cord and ran it off the car battery. The difference I think I'm finding is an extreme jump in noise and hot pixels. Not 100% sure this is the cause but I can't find anything else done differently to warrant the huge increase in noise.
Overall happy with the mount as this was just a test of backlash really.
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An improving image, both in vehicle representation and service quality/reliability, can be clearly shown in this photo by Redditch's only double decker. There were a few days where it wasn't on the service last week, but this was due to overhanging trees between Alcester and Evesham (Redditch to Alcester is fine because Stagecoach run double deckers on their route).
Diamond's BJ14 KTC (40625) is seen parked opposite the Alcester Police Station while operating the 247 towards Evesham. The 247 operates up to every hour between Redditch and Evesham Bus Stations. Around the school times, the frequency drops, with certain journeys calling in at local schools, which is why the Gemini was acquired by Redditch because of the termination of the 301 (Redditch-Alcester Schools). BJ14KTC was new in April 2014 as one of two Geminis for use with the Rotala PLC's Wessex operation. Soon after, it gained branding for use on the 51, a service Wessex stepped in to save that First West of England had axed. Sister BJ14KTA was also branded for the service. KTA (40626) has remained at Hounslow in a white livery for the Royal Holloway University, whereas in July 2019, KTC was transferred up to Diamond Bus North West (DBNW/DNW), for use at their newly taken over (from First Manchester) Bolton depot. However, September has seen it transfer down to Diamond Bus West Midlands for use at Redditch on the 247 (Redditch-Evesham) to provide extra capacity on the service following the withdrawing of the 301 (Alcester Schools-Redditch), which ran infront of the service. 40625 is a Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2.
This is 75 images focus stacked in Photoshop. I had to add more memory to my computer to get this to process. It came out looking pretty good, in my opinion.
Photographed 30 March 2019 / Canon FD 55mm/1.2 aspherical SSC lens on a Canon F1 35mm SLR. Film was Rollei RPX 400 metered ASA 200 developed in PMK PYRO (5ml A + 10ml B > 600ml, 7min 45sec, 20*C). Negative was digitalised via a Pentax k3 DSLR rigged out on a copystand with a Schneider Componon-S 80mm/4 enlarging lens on variable extension tubes. The negative image was then uploaded to an iPad mini and edited on the iPad using the Snap Seed application.