slow day, not even Saturday ![:twisted:]( "Twisted Evil")
but i couldn't hop into the computer yesterday
well, even warned about it, i managed not to broke *only* the camera ribbon connector thing (that actually was days before i created this post) but literally the white connector/house of the Pi! it was during a maneuver which i tried to fold the cable to make a 90° angle, so i could save some width space on the case but oh well... i was in need of a Pi for setting a Syncthing backup, so lets buy another one
i also had another bad one at the orientation of the GPIO! i want the thing the most squeezed as possible, so i'll compromise the possibility of accessing the HDMI and USB ports, as well the SD card; if you wanna change it, just unscrew the display and you're set! and regarding screws, i also need to buy M2 or M2.5 screws and inserts, as all i have are M3 stuff and unfortunately they don't fit (i would but the GS camera has holes made of metal and drilling there, feels wrong). i tried to print a prototype holder that don't use screws; poles fitting on holes of the components but everything 2.5 mm feels weak under FDM prints
the display has the GPIO exposed in a rather weird part, so after thinking what i should do, i opted for de-soldering the female jump-wire it came with and have pins to support males connectors. why? a cyber-punk like aesthetic orientation ![:geek:]( "Geek")
otherwise the case need to be slightly larger, which isn't a bad thing but even if i have the thing "sealed", the hole for the lens is probably impossible to make it water-proof i guess... i also intend (even before this rather horrible idea) to print a water-proof case with some standard silicone ring! seals/case will be tightened with a discrete screwdriver. i didn't build much on Blender so far
and btw, before i managed to break the camera connector on the Pi side, i played outdoors with my power-bank for like 25 minutes with and it's quite interesting and challenging how the perception of the focus will play! the image gets sharp and because the low resolution of the display, we get pixelated borders on focused subjects ![8-)]( "Cool")
the focal length is also higher than i expected, as i'm using the C-mount adapter but considering the (guessed) distance of framing a human from feet to head (and a bit more of scenery) of like 6-7 meters and the camera configuration (waist-level can be quite discrete), the thing feels quite nice for street photography! the display brightness is quite weak for outdoors settings (didn't had anything on top, only sun and clouds and i'm considering an extra mesh for extra darkness if i ever go into the wild ![:mrgreen:]( "Mr. Green")
) now it's quite late here and i need to go to bed
but i couldn't hop into the computer yesterdaywell, even warned about it, i managed not to broke *only* the camera ribbon connector thing (that actually was days before i created this post) but literally the white connector/house of the Pi! it was during a maneuver which i tried to fold the cable to make a 90° angle, so i could save some width space on the case but oh well... i was in need of a Pi for setting a Syncthing backup, so lets buy another one
i also had another bad one at the orientation of the GPIO! i want the thing the most squeezed as possible, so i'll compromise the possibility of accessing the HDMI and USB ports, as well the SD card; if you wanna change it, just unscrew the display and you're set! and regarding screws, i also need to buy M2 or M2.5 screws and inserts, as all i have are M3 stuff and unfortunately they don't fit (i would but the GS camera has holes made of metal and drilling there, feels wrong). i tried to print a prototype holder that don't use screws; poles fitting on holes of the components but everything 2.5 mm feels weak under FDM prints
otherwise the case need to be slightly larger, which isn't a bad thing but even if i have the thing "sealed", the hole for the lens is probably impossible to make it water-proof i guess... i also intend (even before this rather horrible idea) to print a water-proof case with some standard silicone ring! seals/case will be tightened with a discrete screwdriver. i didn't build much on Blender so farand btw, before i managed to break the camera connector on the Pi side, i played outdoors with my power-bank for like 25 minutes with
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rpicam-hello --qt-preview -t 0
the focal length is also higher than i expected, as i'm using the C-mount adapter but considering the (guessed) distance of framing a human from feet to head (and a bit more of scenery) of like 6-7 meters and the camera configuration (waist-level can be quite discrete), the thing feels quite nice for street photography! the display brightness is quite weak for outdoors settings (didn't had anything on top, only sun and clouds and i'm considering an extra mesh for extra darkness if i ever go into the wild 
) now it's quite late here and i need to go to bedStatistics: Posted by luqtas — Mon May 05, 2025 12:29 am