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So far I am happy with the results.
Nothing really earth shattering as far as the machining. Just cleaning up a bit of stock and facing the end.
The interesting part is the odd camera. It is a USB microscope. The video is nowhere near the maximum magnification. It will go up to 200X (supposedly).
The downside is the camera has a slow framerate but it is not too distracting. The upside is that it has a manual focus which is really nice. I see many videos where the auto focus messes with them and most digital cameras don't do macro well. I need to try it with more light.
The software is simple and free ( Microsoft Moviemaker.) I wasn't doing anything really exciting. I don't expect to be anywhere near the Oscars for technical excellence.
I had to make the final video twice. The first time, even though I got music from a place that was supposed to be creative commons licensed, Google came up with a copyright warning on it. It wasn't worth messing with arguing about it. I went to the Free Music Archive and found something interesting to replace it that was better than the first anyway.
Next I will have to work on the lighting. Lights in my garage suck for normal work, let alone video.
Well, that's about it. Here is is:
[video=youtube;82HB-tyC8Ps]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HB-tyC8Ps[/video]
Nothing really earth shattering as far as the machining. Just cleaning up a bit of stock and facing the end.
The interesting part is the odd camera. It is a USB microscope. The video is nowhere near the maximum magnification. It will go up to 200X (supposedly).
The downside is the camera has a slow framerate but it is not too distracting. The upside is that it has a manual focus which is really nice. I see many videos where the auto focus messes with them and most digital cameras don't do macro well. I need to try it with more light.
The software is simple and free ( Microsoft Moviemaker.) I wasn't doing anything really exciting. I don't expect to be anywhere near the Oscars for technical excellence.
I had to make the final video twice. The first time, even though I got music from a place that was supposed to be creative commons licensed, Google came up with a copyright warning on it. It wasn't worth messing with arguing about it. I went to the Free Music Archive and found something interesting to replace it that was better than the first anyway.
Next I will have to work on the lighting. Lights in my garage suck for normal work, let alone video.
Well, that's about it. Here is is:
[video=youtube;82HB-tyC8Ps]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HB-tyC8Ps[/video]
