Rounding up my apps

Helping my Parents Host Chirstmas party so I'm a bit tied up. Nevertheless I'm going to try to catch up to all my social media which I've poorly neglected.

Desktop part 2: Programing the surround (WIP)

I have to give Vast Credit to NCX for teaching, me the majority of calibrating my VG23AH in this next part before I was able to take things astep futher with the surround. I bascially followed my source here http://wecravegamestoo.com/forums/monitor-reviews-discussion/11673-asus-vg23ah-review-semi-glossy-72hz-passive-3d-ips.html

I had to make slight adjustments, and change the order of the way I did it for the surround. so I'll show what I did with full acknowledgement of where the experiance originated.

First I made sure all three monitors were on the same settings per screen

Make sure to have the lastest EVGA driver and precision X (I need this to be running or my GPU fans won't turn on)

do your Nividia surrond now

do bezel corrections

adjust for proper blacks

now write your custom driver to get 72hz input

Tridef DO NOT SELECT a SIZE

Desktop Part 1 The Physical Set up

In this tutorial I shall be covering how I went about with self teaching to apply a Nividia Surround system (sorry Eyefnity) 

Firstly you would need the GPUs port that could support 2 HMDI with a spare one for DVI

- ASUS z77 Sabertooth motherboard
-I5 3570K Ivy Bridge ( OCed to 4ghz)
-Corsair H100i liquid cooling (self contained no refill needed)
-2 GTX 660 3GB superclocked edition
-16 GB ram (4 sticks 4gb each)
-Phantom 410 white ATX case

-3 ASUS VG23AH 23.6" IPS monitors (60hz "reprogramed" to 72hz)

All of which I got from sales and slowly upgraded over 2 years I went with a more expensive power supply because of its ability to thin provision (saves energy thus money) and the fact that I use ALOT of periphals and USBs on the side, and cause it was on sale too.

I label both sides of my cables They wIll all be considered HDMI 1 once you've set the surround  but I just make sure the center monitor (#2) is on the DVI of the first GPU with a DVI to HDMI cable so your startup is on the center display.

I have immediately dusted off my monitor when I saw this photo.

You will notice with any 3 monitor set up that there will be wedgging This can be fixed with either a $600 dollar rack or 

your side displays will be angled like wings, but its far less distracting and it lines up. As you can see I also placed a strip of black electrical trap along the inside rim of the center to block out the glare, this may or may not be needed depending on the glossiness of the monitor's bezel, I left the outside rim alone because the if I had reflections on this it actually helps me adjust for alignments. 

next part will be software.

Introducing the No Glasses 3D Series

In the following days and in the new year to come I shall be back tracing my steps to my current desktop set-up as well as document my current journey in acquiring No Glasses 3D Monitors and Tablets along with my quest for 3D DSLR Selfie camera.  After I do all the writting I'll try to make videos and actually present with my voice and face. Obviously with a selfie cam I can shake off that pesky Camera shyness for good.

I've been doing some soul searching for a while, and I've decided that it doesn't do me any good to harbor or horde all the knowledge I've gained on the side these past few years. It was difficult because I struggled so much to learn and understand this puzzle. So I want to share what Ive learned to contribute to the tech world and hope someone would either take up my batton when I'm tired, or light a flare to show me the way.

And of course for the people that see me in real life, I'll save something special when we meet.

Finally! Freedom!

(I actually had more than enough time with 10 sec to put away the remote but this looks cooler)

I've found the Perfect Tripod that is strong enough to support my Heavy self cam rig, agile enough with features, and inexpensive enough to buy without hesitation. 

I did a search for a tripod that was 72  inches with the pan-head feature. and after examining all the pictures I went with the $39.99 CDN (free shipping) from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.ca/Polaroid-PLTRI72-72-Inch-Tripod-Black/dp/B003LTB8GM 

Of course the description of how much it could hold wasn't on Amazon itself, and I was worried because my Camera was already heavy with the double battery handle, before including the tablet/shell/arm. So I copy and pasted its name to google and found from the manufacturer that it could support 20 POUNDS, designed for telescopes lol. 

No more choosing between cosplaying or being a dedicated photographer for a convention. Well I'll still have to walk that line, but at least now it can be done with more elegance. 

It even comes with a bag.

The Selfie Cam set up tutorial (for Android)

                                                      by Harvest Lee

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Hello Today I shall past on my knowledge and experiance in setting up a simple Selfie Camera, by tethering a 10 inch tablet on top of a DSLR so your Models can see themselves before and during the picture being taken. Be warned it is Heavy between 10-12 pounds.

Software

On the google playstore look for DSLR controller or click this link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.dslrcontroller&hl=en

Its still in Beta so early adapters such as you can me can get it for $8.00. It will go up to I'm guessing $20-$30 in the near future.

Hardware

I'm using a Canon EOS 60D with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for this tutorial. The growing list of compatible Cameras and Tablets can be found here http://dslrcontroller.com/devices.php

Materials

-the Otterbox for your tablet          $90 after shipping and handling on ebay (most expensive for a reason)

-MagicArm                                  $40 from Senal Camera (2nd floor SouthCenter Calgary)

- OTG to Female USB cable         $4.00 Memory Express (startech brand)

Installation

The reason I use the Ottobox is, aside from it being the most heavy duty that I could trust my tablet with, Is because it offers that third plate that I call the blast sheild that makes it possible to install the arm and hold everthing together without damaging or rubbing against the tablet. 

Take a 7/32 drill bit and drill a hole on the Blast sheild right below the second "t" on the Otter Careful not to  damage the control stand on the other side, you should have just enough space if you extend the stand out first to avoid it.

Remove the washer end on the ball end of your MagicArm and attach it on the other side after putting the end through.

Fold up the stand in the middle and your mount is set. The tablet still has enough room to attach itself on to the blacksheld back to back nice and tight. Make sure to attach your tablet to the blast sheild upside down so you'll have room for the cable and space to rest on top of the camera. 

Attach the horseshoe to the top of the DSLR and tighten rings of the MagicArm. Do some light cable management and plug them in as follows.

Settings

After installing and updating your DSLR controller app it should automatically sync with you Camera as soon as you turn it on. I found when I first used it was that it needs to be on Manual for it to work with the big M on the top left corner, you will have to take pictures with the Liveview on because your eyeviewer has been  rewired to the tablet for your model to see, and because the Arm is doing to be bumping against your head if you do. 

In order to Pan the image for those vertical shots you'll  need to flipp the X-axis. the result is your model will be looking through the tablet the same way they look in the mirror. Otherwise when you go vertical your tablet will go upsidedown, so personally I leave my x-axis flipped.

Just press the Gear icon on the bottom right corner select Mirroring and choose your desire preferrence, in this case x.

All the other controls can be done from the photographer's side, but to use Full screen just press the Gear and select it.

There you have it, a realatively inexpensive more effective Selfie Cam of higher quality.

Common mistake I've found while field testing at Otafest Aurora was that when I go vertical, Its actually a tighter shot than I though and on the photographer's screen it shows where the cut off is like small movie brackets. Of couse I can't forget that its still a Camera with attention that needs to be made for F-stops shutter speeds and ISO. Fortunately the tablet and and the preview screen both will show that picture as you adjust it for brigher or darker. 

I Highly recommand the second battery handle for your DSLR if you are running this, and plan to last a full 10ish hours in an outting. the tablet dosen't seem as battery drainning as the camera was. Of course I always sleep the Tablet and turn off liveview of my camera between shoots to conserve power. 

Some interesting things worth mentioning, When I'm in an area that has a Shaw Wifi-go I had no problem uploading photos to my cloud via the tablet, which is a nice just in case if I ever run out of memory. Also the camera seems to process the photos much faster for reviewing on the tablet than without, most likely due to my Tablet being Quad-core compared to the single core camera cpu.