Recent content by simplex

Thank you! Regarding a housing for the lasers and receivers, I've decided not to fiddle around with prototyping using Lego or simple wood. A few weeks ago, a 5 minute walk from my home a 3d Print Shop has opened. I'm not sure about it from a business model point of view in a small town of 20,000...

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More colour emulations: no grey and no purple cable in the kit? Simple: A red cable from the kit combined with tiny bits of blue shrink wrap? Purple! A black cable from the kit combined with tiny bits of blue shrink wrap? Grey!

Just soldered a piece of my orange cable to a shortened cable from the kit. A bit of shrink wrap over it: done.

Finally ... it took AliExpress weeks to deliver that tiny encoder. Now it's time to build ... And now I know why that orange cable has been in my basement for years after a different project. No need for colour replacements! If you look closely, the space between display and encoder is very...

Thank you for clarifying! Unfortunately, I still have to wait because the delivery of one part is delayed until early or mid June. Will keep you all informed about my build when it actually happens.

Ok, several parts are still missing. But I've noticed that I made a mistake: I ordered the TFT display without the touch functionality. Will this cause issues when using the tester?

Ok, it took me a while to come back since my last visit: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/build-a-shutter-tester-for-focal-plane-shutters-cheap-easy-it-works.197756/post-2807458 I planned to start this project earlier, but 'life' struck several times with health issues and other stuff. It...

First of all: thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question in such detail. Very much appreciated! For the very first time, somebody gave me an explanation that at least brings me close to understanding the topic. From the quality of your answer I assume that you do not only design...

This thread actually made me sign up to the forum. Looks great to me, though a haven't read all the posts yet. At the moment, I have around a dozen SLR cameras from the 1960's / 1970's in my drawer and would really love to test their shutter speeds. When browsing other forums on this topic, what...