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Q&A How can I optimize pictures for making them into lithophanes?

I have been 3D printing some lithophanes, and so far I have been doing so with pictures that I took a while ago. If I were to go take pictures with the purpose of turning them into lithophanes, ar...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Meta How can we grow this community?

Codidact's communities have a lot of great content that is helping people on the Internet. Our communities are small, though, and sustainable communities depend on having lots of active, engaged p...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by sau226‭

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Q&A How go about photo'ing different flash lights' spots for comparison?

I have a Canon EOS 2000d, and am a total noob to photography. I basically all my life just used cams doing everything automatically (and being unhappy with wrong focus or bad color settings etc ;))...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by CanisSomnolentus‭  ·  edited 2y ago by CanisSomnolentus‭

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Q&A How can I take better pictures of the fish I catch?

...it's always kind of awkward to hold a slimy fish in one hand and a camera in the other. If you put the camera on a tripod pointing down, you free up a hand. This would also potentially let you...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A Should near future smartphones replace professional cameras?

I never cleaned any lens from any smartphone camera and I hope that future smartphones won't require me to do that. I don't know almost anything about camera technology; I am not familiar with the...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

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Q&A What kind of software is used for creating time-lapses of 3D printers?

For a lot of time-lapses of 3d printers like this one the picture is taken when the hot end is either out of the picture or in the same place so that the focus is on the object being built, not the...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Meta Should we enable MathJax support?

It hasn't come up quite yet, but as I was thinking of some FAQs to write, it occurred to me that it would be nice to be able to write formulas in LaTeX. Should we enable MathJax for Photo-Video?

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by scottbb‭

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Contests, Critique 2021 - February - Clouds

Rules that are always applicable are as follows: One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest. Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you. All entries should i...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Are there consumer products using Time of Flight ranging camera technology?

There are a couple of cameras that use either LED or Lasers to flash the object and then build a 3d scan of the object from the return. Garmin LIDAR-Lite Optical Distance LED Sensor - V4 Intel ...

posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A How to align a lithophane on an 3d printer with a moving bed like the Ender 3?

First, one should align the lithophane vertically as that way you have better resolution than printing flat against the bed. Secondly, they need to be aligned with long end in line with the direct...

posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Contests, Critique 2020 - August - The Moon

Obligatory shot of just the moon Yup, it's the moon. I included this to document the exposure. Getting the moon right is tricky, since it's a small but bright object in the middle of a dark back...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Are there consumer products using Time of Flight ranging camera technology?

If I understand the question right, you are probably talking about Light-field camera. One of these, Lytro was selling in 2014, which provided some fancy results as the "photo" could be re-focused ...

posted 3y ago by Jakuje‭

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Meta Image Upload issues

I'm attempting to upload an image for the contest question and have clicked the image box on both iOS Safari, MacOS Safari and Chrome, and am not receiving any sort of dialogue box to upload. I can...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Hueco‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Gear Recommendations Looking for an inexpensive tripod to take backpacking and do time lapses with

Pedco Ultramount Grip Pros Very small — 7" × 2" folded Lightweight – 3.2 oz. Built-in strap to attach to posts, poles, branches, etc. Cons the Ultramount (ball & socket) pieces are made ...

posted 4y ago by scottbb‭  ·  edited 4y ago by scottbb‭

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Meta sorry for the vanishing act...

Hey, sorry I got busy and then a little burned out with, you know, everything going on in the world right when we launched this. I'm going to ramp up involvement in the coming weeks. Hold onto your...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by mattdm‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta Should Photography & Video go through the Community Proposals system?

Yes, this is a good idea. If you do that, seed the proposal with the new top level posts generated here from the Q&A category. Skip the other categories for now. Contests is cute, but there ...

posted 10mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta Link to other Community contests?

Getting Codidact sites off the ground, absolutely, we should be cross-promoting sites as much as possible. At some later date, when Codidact sites are established and hopefully thriving, we might ...

posted 4y ago by scottbb‭

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Meta Which posts or types of posts to migrate in?

Specific Suggestion: What do all those cryptic number and letter codes in a lens name mean? I suggest this question be broken up into individual questions per manufacturer, and set up as a bunch o...

posted 4y ago by scottbb‭

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Meta Which posts or types of posts to migrate in?

Astrophotography / Eclipses / Moon How do I set the proper exposure for nighttime moon photos? How to get the best results for landscape and stars photographs? How do I get started in Astrophotog...

posted 4y ago by scottbb‭

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Contests, Critique 2020 - June - Sunsets

Location: My house (Don't want to be specific, but evergreen, San Jose) Subject: The sun and the trees surrounding it Date taken: 8/25/2020 I took this photo when I was just walking around my hous...

posted 3y ago by 10 Rep‭  ·  edited 3y ago by 10 Rep‭

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Q&A When printing lithophanes with an Ender 3 Pro and a 0.4mm nozzle what is the maximum width for best resolution?

Given that the difference between black and white on a 3d printed lithophane is the width of the plastic, the greater the difference between the max and the min-width the more variation of grey the...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Meta Should posting on Meta affect reputation?

When we launched this community, we did not yet have the ability to set different reputation grants for different categories. We've had this for a while but we failed to follow up before now, sorr...

0 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Contests, Critique 2021 - January - Sunrises

Rules that are always applicable are as follows: One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest. Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you. All entries should i...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta How can we grow this community?

One easy to implement idea is to showcase photographs from this community, say a photo of the week initiative. Below I outline the suggested process: We find photos of a reasonable quality (not ...

posted 2y ago by sau226‭

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Q&A Are there consumer products using Time of Flight ranging camera technology?

I have located a source for a development system for the technology that I was seeking. It is not a mature consumer product yet but it looks like the technology has not been forgotten which gives ...

posted 3y ago by KalleMP‭

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