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give me some advices on using this photo machine - I want to take some new pictures, but I have no idea what I'm doing to be honest. I even read the manual this time.

 

I guess you can have this for now. this was my AWESOME rewire job before I sent it off, but I'm probably going to have the switch and output jack replaced. the grounds on the volume pot need to be redone as well

 

 

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also, 33nf is the value of the tone cap, which seems a bit unusual. the last one had the same cap as well.

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i'll start with the toans, cos it'll be a shorter issue. 33nF is high, but not excessive. imo, 10n-47n is a nice range. I cant remember what i usually use, but i think it was a 12n or a 22n.

 

As for your photomajigger, what kind of a camera is it?

 

The way I tend to photograph my gear is a bit of an unconventional method, but i like it because it means I can completely avoid using flash. I have an 18-55mm lens at the moment, purely because it's the standard one that comes with my Nikon D3100. With that, I use it on Manual Mode, iso at around 200-400. Then I'll usually vary the f number and the shutter speed to get the shot I want. So, if I'm taking a closeup, say of wiring or a bridge, or the inside of a pedal, I'll have the f number as low as it'll go (i think my lens will only go to around f4.5) and then set the shutter to a fairly slow speed, between maybe 1/25 and 1/60. For further out shots, like of the whole guitar, I'll bring the f back a bit, maybe to f10-f22, and bring the shutter up. For those ones, you might have to bring the iso down a bit too.

 

Alternatively, just turn it to flash-mode, turn off flash, and let the camera do the work.

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I would say F10-22 is a bit over the top; most lenses perform the best around F8.0.

 

For close-ups: use the lowest number (which funnily enough means the highest aperture) and keep the ISO at 400 max; try not to zoom in too much if you can, bearing in mind that your closest focussing distance is usually about 30cm. Be sure to keep your subject a bit centered. The neck joint was my focus in this one as you can see.

This one's at 2.8, 1/8th at 18mm

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Ibanez '83 Roadstar II by MatthijsQ, on Flickr

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What is actually wrong with that guitar you half built?

 

Neck is shit

 

Body is probably salvageable to be honest. Just the routing on the back is a bit messy, sides aren't really finished (rounded off etc) and the ferrules on the back are a bit wonky. Nothing majorly wrong I don't think, but then I'm not an expert luthier

 

Basically I just gave up doing anything with it after GCSEs

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Dominic that's actually a very nice setup with the AC30 and muff. If you threw in a boost of some sort, you'd have me sold. ;) /jackwhitefanboi

 

:awesome:

 

Can you link any good examples of someone using a boost?

 

I just bought that Ultimate Octave off James so will be adding that to it all shortly. One day I'd like to get a Blackstar OD pedal too. Basically I'm copying Will's rig

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