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This is the first test image ive gathered from the now pimped-up skywatcher 130pds. The sky quality was awful, but this was just a test.
The focuser has now been converted to an all-threaded system, so everything is solid and the corrector has been sunk into the drawtube, therebt clawing back a large amount of focuser travel.
The (very) dodgy corners are now gone, be there is still a very slight hint of coma, probably because the corrector distance needs to be reduced by about 1mm. An unintended side effect of this is that the system is currently running at f4.38.... thats pretty fast!
But on the downside, its now exposing the shortcomings of 1.25" filters (need to upgrade!).
M27
12x300 (Ha)
130pds, Atik 383L+, NEQ6
Visibility: Poor + moonlit
Hand trolley modified as bike trailer?
I guess the plastic container bucketing the seat acts as a mudguard? (there's potential for some more storage there - but this owner had completely cut away the front - possibly to allow pedalling!)
For throwing standing up. I place the pedal to the right of the wheel on the platform that raises up my wheel.
Non m'importa se fa male,
Ma voglio avere il controllo
Voglio un corpo perfetto,
Voglio un'anima perfetta
Voglio che tu te ne accorga
Se non ci sono
Sei così dannatamente speciale
E anch'io vorrei essere speciale
Ma sono uno sfigato,
Sono un mostro
Che diavolo ci faccio qui?
Questo posto non fa per me
radiohead
Seen near Gare St Lazare, 9ème arrondissement, Paris.
Image shot using a Nikon D800 with Rokuoh Sha Hexar Ser IIa 20cm f/3.5 lens (s/n 3795) (originally from a SK-100 aerial camera), adapted for Nikon F mount using spacers, step-up rings (67-72, 62-67, 58-62, 55-58 and 52-55mm), a 62mm spacer tube, a M42 36–90mm focussing helicoid, M42 to M39 setp-down ring and a M39 to Nikon F adapter.— As part of the Antique Camera Simulator project.
© Dirk HR Spennemann 2014, All Rights Reserved
Yesterday I modified my Lati SoaF Bayer's mouth (just resin carving involved). Maybe you know that I'm a sucker for open mouthes and usually I'm unable to bond with a doll if she has a closed mouth (don't laugh ^^). But Bayer is so cute with her long elf ears, I just had to do something about her closed mouth. And imagine... the moment I looked at her modified mouth... I knew she was going to stay.
I know open mouth are not everyone's cup of tea. How do you like it?
Pic 1 shows how the adapter cannot screw all the way into the suppressor. A small lip inside (Pic 2) prevents it from going all the way in.
I used a tungsten alloy cutter to trim away the lip - it was like a knife through butter!
This is my good old Vivitar Series 1 70-210 f/2.8-4 Macro focusing zoom lens, so called "version 3" made in the seventies by Komine company in Japan.
Back in the seventies, its performance with wide open aperture was quite impressive, especially for monochrome photography, where you can't see any chromatic aberration. And it is still quite sharp at f/2.8, but with a modern camera, I don't really have to worry about getting as much light as possible since it works well even at higher sensitivity settings. This lens is good in terms of optical quality, but ergonomically, it's a bit awkward - holding it by hand, it is too easy to move an aperture ring and to get a non-ideal setting. So, I decided to modify it mechanically to restrict aperture range to ~f/5.6 by rotating the mounting flange by 120º and cutting a new shorter slot in it for an aperture control pin that is supposed to be used to control this lens with Minolta film camera.
To do that, I had to remove non-reflective flange cover, detach the flange ring itself, cut a new slot with a small rotary grinder tool and put everything back together. This modification is completely reversible.
A series of photos taken in and around the Wholesale District of Downtown Los Angeles, CA. This series attempts to create a portrait of the area through an examination of the architecture and other man-made "modifications" to the area.
Factory pickup cables used in Epiphone guitars and other possible alternatives for humbucker pickups with 4-wire leads, split coil modifications, repair or replacement cable
Diameters shown in inches.
Epiphone standard humbucker cable
Epi Les Paul Pro FX 4-wire leads
Mogami type 2929 Ultraflexible shielded Mini 4 conductor with braided shield
Commercial 4-wire shielded cable for alarm systems etc, or used for industrial controls cable
I had to cut several holes in the back of the case to fit the I/O shield-plate for the new motherboard (Asus P5Q-EM), and a full-size ATX power supply unit.
Guitar modifications by Molly Porkshanks Friedrich and Robert Brown. Hairpiece by Libby Bulloff.
Abney Park performance at the Bay Area Maker Faire, 2008.
Büssing bus, originally a bendy bus, this has been modified by someone, not only being shortened, but also being converted to right-hand drive., Hammer 1:87 scale plastic, West Germany. Although marked 'Büssing' on the base, the grille has the name of the makers of the body, Gaubschat.
Here is a link to how it started life: www.flickr.com/photos/adrianz-toyz/25024455793
The advert on the rear encourages one to 'See Britain by Coach'. Unlikely in a bus like this, I feel.