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by capebio
15 Jul 2013, 10:29
Forum: Lighting
Topic: unwanted reflections from lightsource
Replies: 7
Views: 16432

Re: unwanted reflections from lightsource

I tried raising the light, but it only made a very minor difference, because ultimately it gets obscured by the walls of the light mounting.
Would making the lightsource diffuse make any difference? It was one suggestion I received.
by capebio
14 Jul 2013, 17:10
Forum: Lighting
Topic: unwanted reflections from lightsource
Replies: 7
Views: 16432

unwanted reflections from lightsource

I have my 10 watt LED floodlight positioned in the centre of the standard Reetz build (picture of it here: http://casabio.blogspot.com/2013/06/virgin-diybookscanner-gets-his-first.html). At first I was getting reflections from the silver A4000IS camera. I then used double sided tape to stick black m...
by capebio
08 Jun 2013, 17:30
Forum: Scanners and Build Threads
Topic: Success!! Almost, but camera angle slightly off
Replies: 3
Views: 5396

Success!! Almost, but camera angle slightly off

Tonight I installed the LED 10W lighting, tested the second camera on CHDK with a cable trigger, and cabletied the trigger button to the scanner. Everything works just peachy... except that the angle of the cameras is slightly off. Probably one degree off so that it cuts off about 1cm above the base...