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Enterprise Chandelier, For The Geeky

Frank — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:52:46 +0000

I know my wife would love to have me hang up this Enterprise chandelier in our dining room. She would love it so much that it would easily be grounds for her to divorce me. On the other hand, if your already single and your a hardcore trekie then this $189 USS Enterprise chandelier might just be perfect for your residence.

[Link to Enterprise Chandelier]

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Rare Terminator Endoskeleton

Frank — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:02:56 +0000

Have you ever wanted to own your own Terminator? Well now you can, unless your name is John Connor that is. Sideshow Collectibles has produced 40 of these 6-foot Terminator endoskeletons. Made from Chromed metal and fiberglass and complete with futuristic blue LED lighting, this unit could be yours for a cool $20,000 via an Ebay auction.

If you are really a hardcore fan boy, then you might want to jump in auction and get your metal on.

[Link to Ebay auction]

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Homebrew Flashlight As Powerful As A Star

Frank — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:50:39 +0000

Interested in lighting up your own soccer field? Why not send morse code to any visiting aliens with The “MaxBlaster”. A 38 million candle power flashlight that is just as powerful as a miniature star when seen from a distance. Dutch optics engineer Ralf Ottow started the project by taking apart a commercial flashlight, inserting a mercury arc bulb, and added a custom designed reflector to the mix. I’m no engineer, but I’m sure this puppy will blind you or at the very least burn you if you get too close.

If you interested as to how Ralf went about building this flashlight on steroids you can visit this link on Popular Science that will explain everything.

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DYI Photo Snoot

Frank — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:00:48 +0000

Although a snoot might seem like someone who is rich and wealthy in reality itâ€™s a photographers secret weapon when creating dramatic lighting. Weather you want a dramatic highlight or an eerie vignetting effect, a snoot can help limit the spread of light from a flash.

With some gaffer tape and some cardboard you can easily put together your very own snoot.

[Link to making your own snoot via Make]

DYI Photo Snoot originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 2008/02/12. Reproduction of content not allowed without consent.

Nikon D60 Leak

Frank — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:17:28 +0000

Since the arrival of the interweb itâ€™s pretty hard to keep a secret, unless your Apple of course who threatens their employes so that any leak is quashed. Either that or they sick their insanely huge team of lawyers on you that you just give up.

Nikon is set to release itâ€™s new D60 DSLR at PMA. The D60 features a similar body design to the D40, a 10.2 megapixel sensor, Nikons famous 3D colour matrix metering system, active D lighting for adjustable shadow detail, and some form of dust prevention that chambers the air sway from the imagining sensor.

I love my old D70. Maybe itâ€™s time to invest in the D40!

Nikon D60 Leak originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 2008/01/28. Reproduction of content not allowed without consent.

USB Controlled Colour Changing Light

Frank — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:50:32 +0000

The guys over at DYI Life have an awesome project to light up your life, a USB colour changing light controller. This little circuit will mix the light from high-powered LEDs to create more than 16 million colors. You can either hook it up to a USB port for complete control of your personal light show or allow the smooth auto-fading crystal to cycle the colours for you.

This is definitely not for beginners (although I think any beginner should be fine if they take their time and follow the detailed steps), but its a great toy to have for parties or to add some super cool lighting to your decor.

All you need, including detailed step-by-steps and project files are available at DYI Life.

USB Controlled Colour Changing Light originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 2008/01/26. Reproduction of content not allowed without consent.

Semi-Pro Light Kit For $75

Frank — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:34:52 +0000

A quick trip to your local big box hardware store and a few bucks and you too can turn that spare room into a professionally lit ~~porn~~ natural model studio you have always dreamed of having. That is of course, if you have some camera equipment to go with it. Itâ€™s going to be pretty hard to convince any woman that you are a famous fashion photographer if you donâ€™t have some big camera mounted on a tripod.

For about $75 you can slap together some work style flood lamps, some foil-covered windshield heat protectors and some daylight tinted bulbs, thatâ€™s a lot cheaper than the $1000â€™s you could spend on some professional gear. The results? Youâ€™ll get about 90% of the quality youâ€™d get from a pro kit (if done properly) for less than a fifth of the price.

The guys at shuttertalk.com have a complete breakdown on assembly this diy light kit. If you are on a budget, this canâ€™t be beat.

Semi-Pro Light Kit For $75 originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 2008/01/21. Reproduction of content not allowed without consent.

Cheap Photo Studio Lighting

Frank — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:47:10 +0000

I’ve always been a sucker for anything with a lens. Between shooting Digital Underground.tv and my amateur (and i mean amateur) photography hobby trying to get good at both costs both time and money. I can’t help you with the time factor, but this is a great money saver.

Lighting is always the get to any good shot. Professional lighting kits can easily cost you $1000′s and to boot most of us just can’t transform our houses or apartments into the photography studio of our dreams. So, what can you do about it? How about moving some furnature around when you need it (as a matter of fact, we completely empty out my living room when we shoot the show) and dig up some seriously cheap lights.

The guys at diyphotography.net have a great article on how to build a decent 3 light setup for about $100. They have some snaps of people where they used their cheap lights, and take it from me, they look great.

[Via DIYLife]

Cheap Photo Studio Lighting originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 2008/01/14. Reproduction of content not allowed without consent.

Build your own Camera light

Frank — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:23:26 +0000

With more and more point and shoot cameras having video functionality lighting can quickly become and issue. Now you could spend $60-$80 purchasing a light unit that slips into the hot-shoe or one that screws on the bottom, but why do that when you can build one for about $2. The guys over at ProdMod have a posted a very detailed how-to on building your very own camera light for cheap.

This baby houses 3 led’s and runs off a couple AA batteries and will last for 16 straight hours plus it provides a hell of a lot of light.

Link to detailed how-to

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How To: Add RAW support to low end Canon camera

Frank — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

This is a great how-to on making a cheap Canon digital camera with a firmware mod much more powerful.

If you have a point-and-click digital camera made by Canon, you may be able to turn on all sorts of features usually reserved for more expensive SLRs. That includes live histograms, depth-of-field calculation, under and overexposure highlighting, and — best of all — shooting your pictures in RAW. The secret is CHDK, an enhanced, free software replacement firmware.

How To article.

How To: Add RAW support to low end Canon camera originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 1999/11/29. Reproduction of content not allowed without consent.