[optacon-l] Re: Reading Back Lit Displays
- From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 10:33:30 -0400
Thanks, Nicholas.
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From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 3:14 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Back Lit Displays
It's projected onto the retina from the lense. All the pins do is provide
power to the lamps in the camera. If you're looking at a backlit display,
you don't need the lights.
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:34 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Back Lit Displays
> How does the image get to the retina if you rotate the barrrel so that
> there
> isn't contact with the pins?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:39 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Back Lit Displays
>
>
> I don't like the idea of putting anything in-between the pins on the
> retina
> and the barrel of the camera in which they fit, first because the pins are
> fragile, and next, I wouldn't want to take any chances on getting the
> necessarily tight fit between the pins and the camera to keep things from
> getting out of true. The rotation idea was what I was taught as an
> instructor, and it just seems inherently safer than introducing something
> outside the system specs into the system.
>
> Nick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clay Jeffcoat" <cjeffcoat2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:27 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Back Lit Displays
>
>
>> Didn't think of that!
>>
>>
>> In God We Trust,
>>
>>
>>
>> Clay
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Nick Dotson
>> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 5:24 PM
>> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Back Lit Displays
>>
>> You can also just rotate the retina out of the locked position, making
>> sure
>> to gently handle things so the Retina doesn't get pulled out of the
>> camera.
>> When the bayonet connectors (pins) on the Retina aren't in the proper
>> position, power isn't going to the LED's in the camera module.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Anne Robertson" <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:46 PM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Back Lit Displays
>>
>>
>>> Hello Mary,
>>>
>>> I'm no expert, but nearly 30 years ago, before I had a CRT lens module
>>> for my optacon R1D, I used to block off both lights with a rubber
>>> spacer, such as plumbers use. If I couldn't lay my hands on such a
>>> thing, I would cut a piece of thickish paper to fit instead. To block
>>> off just one light, you could try fitting a tiny piece of paper over
>>> one of the lights.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Anne
>>>
>>> On May 17, 2009, at 3:44 PM, <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi list,
>>>> I need to read the menu items on my Web Radio; the small display is
>>>> accessible which means I can move my optacon lens to it, but can't
>>>> read the screen. The display itself is not adjustable; it's back
>>>> lit. Some time ago somebody posted a trick that might work to
>>>> sharpen the image a bit. I think it had something to do with
>>>> temporarily blocking one of the lights either on one of the optacon
>>>> lenses or the terminal where the lens plugs in. If this triggers
>>>> something in someone's memory, I'd really appreciate knowing what
>>>> you did. It may not work, but it's worth a try. Thanks very much. I
>>>> have both an R1D and an optacon 2 and I have a CRT lens also.
>>>>
>>>> Mary
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