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Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 00:35
by Muirium
Monkay wrote:I am just getting started here on Deskthority, so I wanted to share some nice photos I took of my Ducky.

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Not bad. The lighting's good, and the colours. By which I mean monochrome!

Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 00:52
by mr_a500
Nice. That top one might make a good Deskthority header.

The keycaps almost look aluminium.

Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 13:12
by Monkay
Muirium wrote: Not bad. The lighting's good, and the colours. By which I mean monochrome!
I am not sure what you mean with "monochrome".

@mr_a500: Yeah I like the upper photo, too. You can really see how the textured PBT keycaps feel like.

Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 13:14
by Muirium
I mean I like the shades of grey. It's a film noir kind of look, with the keyboard and the background sharing the same monochromatic style.

Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 13:28
by Monkay
Oh okay, I see what you mean. You are right. And then there is the second picture with extreme contrast.

Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 11:18
by dustinhxc
8-)

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:mrgreen:

Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 11:27
by KennyR
dustinhxc: amazing, I'm jealous.

Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 11:36
by Muirium
Все спокойные дети думают, что они Толстой. Что посеешь то и пожнешь.

Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 11:41
by dustinhxc
Muirium wrote:Все спокойные дети думают, что они Толстой. Что посеешь то и пожнешь.
Sorry, I don't know the language, I just admire it!
KennyR wrote:dustinhxc: amazing, I'm jealous.
Thank You!

Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 11:45
by Muirium
dustinhxc wrote:
Muirium wrote:Все спокойные дети думают, что они Толстой. Что посеешь то и пожнешь.
Sorry, I don't know the language, I just admire it!
Neither do I. But I have a laconic friend who does. Great looking caps, by the way. Secondary alphabets are always awesome.

Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 20:05
by dustinhxc
Oh very cool! :) thank you!

Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 14:35
by mr_a500
Adding my "lovingly photographed" Kaypro II:

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Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 18:08
by Acanthophis
I don't know if it's lovely photographed, but it's photographed nonetheless :D

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Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 18:19
by Muirium
Better lighting than the Kaypro!

I'm still learning Cherry stabs. Are those plate mount?

Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 18:23
by photekq
Muirium wrote:Better lighting than the Kaypro!

I'm still learning Cherry stabs. Are those plate mount?
They are Costar (plate mount) stabilisers :D

Again, not a keyboard, and I know not many people here on DT like novelty caps, but I took some photos of my new Brobot V2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/115722906@N08/

Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 18:30
by mr_a500
Muirium wrote:Better lighting than the Kaypro!
What's wrong with the Kaypro lighting?

Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 18:33
by Muirium
See how the middle of the (white?) top shell is much brighter than the edges. That's a sure sign your light source is too close to the keyboard. And so is your camera. Note the keyboard's distorted shape. Barrel distortion happens when you're too close and using a lens that's too wide.
photekq wrote:
Muirium wrote:Better lighting than the Kaypro!

I'm still learning Cherry stabs. Are those plate mount?
They are Costar (plate mount) stabilisers :D
Then I'm definitely still learning. Thanks!

The slots around the space bar's switch threw me off. I have plate mount Costar stabs on my custom 60% but without slots for the wires, thought that was a Cherry thing.

Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 18:37
by mr_a500
Muirium wrote:See how the middle of the (white?) top shell is much brighter than the edges. That's a sure sign your light source is too close to the keyboard. And so is your camera. Note the keyboard's distorted shape. Barrel distortion happens when you're too close and using a lens that's too wide.
I know I was too close (I already mentioned in other thread), but I did the lighting like that deliberately to get a nice gradient. Probably the light was too close, but that's as long as the light cord was. I really do need to get a tripod, some lenses and a half-decent lighting setup.

Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 18:47
by Muirium
With good lighting, everything else gets so much easier. The tripod is the first thing to go for, though, because bang per buck it's easily your strongest piece of equipment. Longer exposures are your sneaky little friend.

Your lens isn't to blame for the barrel distortion, by the way. That's just geometry. Getting close and wide spells getting all out of whack. Good for Blair Witch but not too much else.

Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 18:56
by photekq
Muirium wrote:The slots around the space bar's switch threw me off.
Ah, understandable. That plate actually supports both Cherry plate mount and Costar, hence the slots for the wires. So you were partly right about it having Cherry stabilisers :lol:

Posted: 31 Jan 2014, 15:25
by snoopy
Hmmmm... German Iso Dolch :)


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Posted: 31 Jan 2014, 15:41
by Muirium
Mmm. Seeing as I type easily enough on blanks already, maybe someday I will get a keyboard where every legend is a µ…

Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 15:28
by snoopy
Not lovingly photographed, but item itself is lovingly. lol :lol:

G81-3430HKNDE

Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 17:12
by mr_a500
I must admit, I've never seen a keyboard with a unicorn on it before. I've never even considered that a unicorn would be a good thing to add to a keyboard. It just never occurred to me.

(...imagining 1960's IBM engineers designing a keyboard when one of them looks concerned and says, "You know, we should actually add a unicorn to the top right of the keyboard. It would be much more efficient.")

Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 17:17
by kint
snoopy wrote:Not lovingly photographed, but item itself is lovingly. lol :lol: ...
Is this your board?
The term unicorn vomit becomes a whole new meaning. :lol:

Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 18:04
by snoopy
kint wrote:
snoopy wrote:Not lovingly photographed, but item itself is lovingly. lol :lol: ...
Is this your board?
The term unicorn vomit becomes a whole new meaning. :lol:
Yes, but I bought it only for the keycaps. :lol:

Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 18:10
by mr_a500
Oh come on, admit it. You bought it for the unicorn.

Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 18:27
by Daniel
snoopy wrote:
kint wrote:
snoopy wrote:Not lovingly photographed, but item itself is lovingly. lol :lol: ...
Is this your board?
The term unicorn vomit becomes a whole new meaning. :lol:
Yes, but I bought it only for the keycaps. :lol:
I watched that auction! Please take a picture for the G81 wiki :D

Posted: 01 Feb 2014, 20:11
by snoopy
mr_a500 wrote:Oh come on, admit it. You bought it for the unicorn.
ok, you got me... :roll: It perfectly matches my unicorn-carpet and my unicorn-bedding.

Daniel wrote: I watched that auction! Please take a picture for the G81 wiki :D
Will try, but my photoskills are not the best. :mrgreen:

Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 04:42
by Dubsgalore
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Just a PCB, not very lovely photographed, but I really like this 'soft keys' shot on my Nixdorf PCB. Might submit it as a DT banner :)