Out of a sudden the touch screen of my rarely used Sekonic L478-DR light meter stopped working. I didn’t dropped it nor was the display locked. Tried the known key combinations to reset it and also did a firmware upgrade in emergency mode but still the touch screen was not working at all. Took it apart checked the flexible cables but everything seemed okay. The only trick that helped was by using a simple hairdryer and blowing hot air for […]
Use your smartphone in macro mode with this photo box to take amazing pictures of your coins! No need for editing! The shown coin pictures are directly from the photo box without post production! As a hobby treasure hunter and professional product photographer I wanted to have an easy and compact setup to be able to photograph coins like in my studio but with no effort. After a few dozen prototypes, the Coin Photo Box for Smartphones was born. The […]
I know everyone says to clean the 3d printer build plate if you have bed adhesion issues, but it seems like a lot of people are still doing it wrong. I’ll tell you how I do it and I’ve never had any problems with my old Prusa MK3 or with my Bambu Lab printers (except the one time I was excited to get a new printer and totally forgot to clean the build plate). First, you need to understand that […]
If you liked my heart shadowbox you’ll love these new Halloween Inserts. 22x plates Megapack with various poses of couples with props and backgrounds. All the inserts are of course compatible with the other ones that I posted in my collection. In example instead of the “tree creature” you can use Castle Neuschwanstein Insert etc. Very easy assembly – Youtube video in the main project! Enjoy! Btw. I printed the inserts with Bambu Lab Basic PLA white. Check out my Makerworld profile for […]
SMG VR 25-MK2 gunstock for Quest2 & Quest1 New approach to a magnetic VR gunstock that is fast, easy to use and lightweight. Perfect for left and right-handers. Aim better when playing FPS VR games like Onward, Pavlov, Contractors, Zero Caliber, etc. STL files are correctly oriented. 3MF file has 2 plates and is made in BambuStudio, optimised for Bambu Lab printersGet the files from here: https://cults3d.com/en/creations/fast-smg-mk2-vr-gunstock-quest2-quest1 Great looking gunstock with details like picatinny rails on top and both sides. […]
Ultimate Nozzle Wiper V2 – with new cutting jig included! I’ve created a simple and inexpensive solution to get a perfectly clean nozzle for your Bambu Lab X1C, P1S or P1P printer. It was also remixed and adopted for the Prusa XL printers by others. I have used the ultimate nozzle wiper v1 from the beginning in my print farm, with perfect results when printing a lot of sticky PETG, and now I have improved it further because most of […]
Based on the infamous Sniffer XR-71 / Delta Pulse detectors, I have designed a stylish housing with accessories and printed it out on my Bambu Lab 3D print farm. Some modifications are planned to the NH-173 PRO with state of the art parts to further increase it’s performance. Custom made coils will be designed by SMT research & development the leading coil manufacturer for medical and military applications.
This is my first node workflow for Invoke AI 3.1.1. It was really intimidating but thanks to the video from Invoke AI on workflow fundamentals I wanted to give it a try and it actually makes much fun. I also released a PDF guide on Civitai on how to achieve this with the Unified Canvas but the Node Workflow is so much easier. What does it do? You input a PNG file with a transparent background of a (person, object, […]
I finally had access to an “NVIDIA RTX 3090 (24GB VRAM)” for my old PC (Intel Core i7-6700K, 32GB RAM) and I started experimenting with training my own Stable Diffusion models and creating LoRAs. I was overwhelmed by what you can do with it! I created a few LoRAs from hand-picked datasets, resizing and cropping the images myself to 1024px and including caption text. The LoRAs worked pretty well, and the creation time on my system was about 15 minutes, […]
I’ve only recently gotten into Stable Diffusion AI 1.5 but I’m already overwhelmed by what you can do with it. The possibilities are truly endless. My first creation (left picture) was really bad but after a couple of days and with the right prompts I’ve got better and better (right picture). AI is here to stay and will evolve at a very fast pace. If we don’t adapt we will be left behind pretty quickly. Instead I embrace this technology […]
Yesterday I found a trick on how to use my old X-Rite i1Display Pro connected to my Mac to measure and adjust the white point of the Pocket 6K / 6K Pro display. Some of the Pocket 6K displays suffered from a blueish screen and Blackmagic Design added adjustment sliders via firmware for eyeballing it. But with a measurement device its way easier. Link to my old blogpost here: Pocket 6K display calibration Today I tried to use my Sekonic […]
I found a simple trick on how to calibrate your Blackmagic Design Pocket 6K / 6K Pro display without guessing it by eyes. Since most of us have some sort of calibration device like X-Rite, Calibrite, Spyder, etc. for our editing screens I thought why not using it for my other equipment too. Use your favourite calibration software & hardware and search for the option called “White Point”. Depending on your software it might be in the advanced settings. This […]
I made some sturdy VFLATs for my studio from thick Styrofoam boards and 3d printed parts without using any tape – LOL. They came out great! Here is how I made them. 2x white Styrofoam boards 2000x1000x30mmBlack matte, acrylic water based paintPaint rollerWood screws d=4mm x 40mm3D printed folding screen hinges3D printed corner protectorsPieces of 1.75mm filament as shaft I had to order online some white thick Styrofoam boards 2000x1000x30mm because our home-improvement market has only small pieces for sale. […]
I made an update on how to get better results with the Godox V1 & AD100 Pro using my DIY Gobo projector. The AD200 Pro works perfect because it has a frosted glass front. The V1 & AD100 Pro does not have this. So you need some diffusion inside the gobo projector to illuminate the gobo evenly. You can use translucent foam from packaging or anything that diffuse light. Cut out a circle with 76mm in diameter and use some […]
I got me some of these new compact & foldable Godox softboxes AD-S60S, AD-S65W, AD-S85S, etc. for my Godox AD300Pro’s. They work just fine but I wanted to use the magnetic color gels from my AK-R1 kit with them. So I decided to design my own gel holder compatible with the AD300 Pro. I made a couple of prototypes until I came up with this idea. I printed it from black PETG because it needs to be a little bit […]
Just found an easy way on how to use gels without using gaffer tape or zip ties for my Profoto flashes. Also without getting in the way of any light modifiers. Keep in mind if you use the modeling lamp on full power (300W) the temperature in front of the frosted glass of the Profoto D2 gets around 160°C and will deform the color gel a little bit. If you turn down the modeling light a tiny bit it should […]
The included honeycomb grid in the Godox AK-R1 Kit was too wide and not working at all for creating a nice spot light. So I made my own 🙂 I designed the DIY grid to be fixed inside the empty ring from the AK-R1 Kit that is used for CTO/CTB gels. The ring has 3 gaps in different depth positions so you can still use a color gel with the DIY grid together. The first prototypes I made on a […]
I wanted a small and compact gobo projector for my flashes Godox V1 and AD200 PRO with H200R round head but there was nothing available. So I decided to build it myself. There is also enough space inside the housing to add a gel and diffusion filter from the Godox AK-R1 kit if needed. For previewing and focusing the LED inside the H200R works perfectly because it’s really powerful and centered. The glass element is also already diffused on the […]
The Blackmagic Design Pocket 6K camera is so versatile. Lately I used it to take high resolution clips of the moon for stock agencies. I wanted to push it a little bit further to see if I can capture something like Jupiter and Saturn. Spoiler alert, yes it works but you need some preparation and some understanding of image stacking for such distant objects. Basically you record short video clips of your planets and convert the video clip to TIFF […]
I took out my old Minelab GP Extreme from the year 2000 to give it a try in the forest. But soon I realized how cumbersome and heavy that lead acid battery strapped to your hip was. The GP Extreme is still a pretty good detector but the battery system is not comfortable at all. Btw. all files for 3d printing etc. can be found at the bottom of this post, just scroll down. I begun to think which batteries […]
I got my new Kickstarter Zodiac Nozzles and couldn’t resist. I had to take some wicked photos before using them in my 3d printer. Since I was too lazy to go into my photostudio I did it on my home office desk with things I had lying around. And actually I first wanted to try out some ideas that I had in mind with sparks, flames and smoke before building a full lighting setup in my studio. But the photos […]
Some days ago I got a couple of old IDS UI-3251LE-C-HQ / UI-3581LE-C-HQ industrial CMOS modules as a gift to play with. I immediately had the idea to connect them somehow to my Celestron NexStar 6SE telescope to capture the moon. These camera modules have a small S-Mount lensholder (M12x0.5mm) that I removed completely (and also the internal IR blocking filter) and replaced it with my own lensholder design. I’ve printed it on my trusty Prusa MK3. The first prototype […]
Need extreme close-up shots of tiny objects in your video? You’re on a budget and don’t have these fancy extreme macro lenses? Use the technique called “reverse lens macro”. It’s well known in the macro photography world but surprisingly unknown in videography. Simply put, you take a wide angle lens, in example an old 28mm and mount it in reverse via a macro coupler ring adapter to your camera. That’s all there is to it. The wider your lens is, […]
I was having fun lately with some normal macro photography and was curious if I somehow can use my fathers microscope lenses on my photo and film cameras. The idea is not new, a quick google search showed that it was indeed possible but you need a special adapter for these microscope lenses. The adapter is called “RMS to M42” and it is available from china on aliexpress. I didn’t want to wait 4 weeks for the metal adapter to […]
I’ve ordered different V6 nozzles for my original Prusa MK3 and wanted to take extreme close-up shots of the nozzle tips to see what they look like. Here they are – enjoy!