Image 1 — [WIP] Software side is done! Now on to designing a housing.
Image 2 — [WIP] Software side is done! Now on to designing a housing.
Image 3 — [WIP] Software side is done! Now on to designing a housing.
Image 4 — [WIP] Software side is done! Now on to designing a housing.

[WIP] Software side is done! Now on to designing a housing.

Here's a temporary array i made for testing purposes.

I've concluded that im just going to stick to 0.3MP output per module due to hardware limitations.

I moved away from Bluetooth transfer as it's very slow. I've settled on transferring over wifi. Simplifies everything and actually decent transfer rate. Caveat is that you have to use your phone or computer to connect to Raspberry pi.

Being connected to the raspberry pi, I've decided to add a wigglegram editor so the workflow is somewhat smooth.

Wigglegram Bench is a placeholder name for now until I find a better name lol. Anyway, it has fine adjustments, ability to add borders, and export to gif and/or MP4 format.

As for power I just hooked it up to a powerbank.

u/bryan112 — 12 days ago

[WIP] I too am working on a digital Nishika

I don't have the housing designed yet. I was holding all the camera modules here hence looks weird but it works!

u/bryan112 — 13 days ago
▲ 5 r/hibid

Auctioneer charged my card when there's 3 hours left in the auction

First time that this happened to me. This is not normal, right?

edit: update 1: complaint ticket submitted the very first morning. It is currently being looked at.

update 2 (FINAL): We won! HiBid support actually stepped in and sided with me, and the seller (Save Instant Trading Inc.) had to fully refund and cancel the transaction.

For context on how sketchy this was: after I caught them, there was a whole back and forth email where the auctioneer gaslit me, threatened me with legal jargon, and insisted I was the one in the wrong. They even went in and updated the live listing to remove their local pickup address to cover their tracks so they could force a hidden shipping fee.

Luckily, I had screenshots of the original listing. But honestly, I'm pretty sure them charging my card 3 full hours before the bid even ended was the huge, undeniable factor that made HiBid side with me.

I really wish HiBid would just drop them as a seller entirely for pulling this, but at least I got my money back.

Moral of the story: always take screenshots of your listings, and watch your credit card for early charges!

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u/bryan112 — 1 month ago

Why is Lomography asking for credit card for verification

Context:

I traveled recently. Got back and received this email from lomography. I verified it's the usual noreply email from lomography. I'd this normal? I have not used my credit card to buy anything from the store either

u/bryan112 — 2 months ago

Got an email and a text about a voucher for a disrupted flight. None of my flights were affected. Is this email real?

The email address is kinda sus

u/bryan112 — 2 months ago

Finally had some time to design a 135 to 127 film spooler

Will share files after done printing and testing!

u/bryan112 — 2 months ago

Warning Appeal denied - I posted a number of a Wendy's Restaurant

Context:

Someone posted in a local subreddit of looking for an escort. Me, being fan of The Office, replied with a number of a local Wendy's Restaurant as a joke.

Some hours later I get a warning message from Reddit. I tried appealing it, where I explicitly say it's a public phone number by an establishment that is easily searchable in Google and is tied to the said store.

u/bryan112 — 3 months ago
▲ 7 r/RednoteHelp+1 crossposts

After emailing them 25 days ago. I've had my appeal on the app since June 6th. I give up.

https://preview.redd.it/btrwryvqomeh1.png?width=716&format=png&auto=webp&s=b71086c61dfe2c09f27dfb8e7dd64dff87d32ba6

After emailing the customer service email as per u/No_Peak3824, this is what I get. Heck I even sent them all the relevant screenshots, including my appeal on the restrictions on my account.

https://i.redd.it/hyhvng7qpmeh1.gif

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u/bryan112 — 3 months ago

Renewed my Alberta ID and they took away my paper Health Card

So had an interesting info from the lady at the registry. They took my healthcard and said it's a requirement for the renewal. It doesn't make sense to me why I cant keep it.

And when I asked why, she said soon the government will be issuing fines to people who still have the paper card and if found, will be fined $500.

Again, doesn't make sense to me, nor the thing she said about the fines in the future.

Did they just yanked my paper healthcard for no reason?

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u/bryan112 — 3 months ago

Update on my account restriction

Their reasoning is so vague. Ive only posted about film photography and food

"Dear Little Red Book user, thank you for your patience. We fully understand your current concerns. After verification, your account currently faces a security risk, and there is no other solution at this time. Please refer to the actual usage situation on the platform. We suggest you review the "Community Agreement" to confirm whether your daily usage habits comply with the platform's requirements…"

u/bryan112 — 4 months ago

I got banned and I can't figure out why?

I just know that one of my post has been getting a bit of traction and then I looked at the notification and I'm banned.

u/bryan112 — 4 months ago

I adapted an enlarger lens to my Xpro2

Hello everyone, I just want to share a little something I'm working on. This is a sidequest for a film camera I’m designing.

Since enlarger lenses don't have a focusing mechanism, I had to make an adapter with one built in. I know there are already third-party helicoid kits available, but I felt like doing a challenge, so here I am (plus they're expensive).

I went with a basic push-pull system because I didnt know how helicoids work when I initially made this adapter last week. It was just an outer barrel, an inner barrel, and a cap to keep it all together.

It was quite shaky because of how I designed it. The inner barrel sagged due to the clearances, so I spent my Friday night designing a proper helicoid adapter for the lens. I'm actually printing this updated design right now as I'm writing this.

I’ve added some sample snapshots below from the Version 1 test. The lens is a Rodenstock El-Omegar 50mm f3.5.

u/bryan112 — 5 months ago