Thanks for everyone's interest! Unfortunately, I don't currently sell these cases, but if anyone is interested in licensing the idea for production, I'm happy to talk. Also, for questions on why I don't use a scanner, please refer to the video description. Thanks!
Thank you Wesley. This is a nice build. I have about 500 photos to copy and your ideas are really excellent. Sorry you didn’t make your deadline. This would have done well. It serves a need.
The finished product looks just awesome. I'm sure a lot of thought went into that project. I just miss a stand for the camera integrated in the design, but of course that would compromise the design. And no one knows how important those little details are until you have to digitize 2000 prints, with many different print sizes.
I like the project. One thing I noticed was your glare issue. Have you tried to position the angles of the lights such that they don't reflect off the photo surface directly? A more obtuse light reflection would give less glare without needing a polarizer. Great job with the magnet idea! I think that will be my first version though I'm more inclined to keep building a vacuum hold-down using perforated metal with a speaker fabric on-top. Oh, one more thing I noticed was the reflective hinges! Might paint those flat black.
Great projetct! I love the rythm you used in the sound edit. I'm pretty sure, you would have won. :D Also it's awesome to see your face glare up the moment you talk about the space you left for the hinges' rubber feets. You must have been really proud to have thought about that.
I know this was made 5-6 years ago, but you can now get high Color Rendering Index (CRI) led strips that have better color rendering capability than florescent lights, but they are about $100 for 5 meters, so it is not a cheep option.
Have you thought of using High CRI LEDS? I see some claim 95 or so. I have tested under some and some generic and it made a huge difference for reds and getting green and blue to work together.
#ShopsmithSighting! It's a bummer that you weren't able to get this submitted, but Adam's loss is our gain. As always, cool project, Wesley. DO you still use it? Scott
I admire your skills. But I would rather buy a scanner cause they are cheap, and there are now scanners that scan directly to SD cards and there are also handheld portable. This set up I think is more suited maybe for macro photography, instead of power adapter just use battery so you can take it in the field.
Scanners are slow, very slow. And it's one more piece of equipment to buy. With a scanner you can't get RAW quality. It's much faster, easier and versatile to use a camera.
Great design and superb execution. This can also be used to photograph small craft items, for posting to sites like Etsy, or the like. There are light tents available, but portability, durability and variable usage makes your design very attractive. Before sharing with my handier friends, is this something you have made to sell? If so, I'll monitor the replies, otherwise thanks for creating and sharing your vision.
I am so jealous of your skills and the design... it's perfect for what you need it to do. I am trying to photograph coins so I have to have them flat on the table and a commercial copy stand is just to big for my small home.... I tried.... Couldn't eat at the dining table for months. Thanks for sharing this video.
The colour temperature issue isn't difficult to sort out - simply take one shot of a grey card/colour chart and use that shot to calibrate your white balance in whatever software you use (Lightroom for instance), then simply apply that adjustment to all your other shots. Colour temperature correction with one click, easy.
Well, you must have frightened potential DIYers to judge by the number of views and comments. You maxed out on caloric input where simplicity would have sufficed. Inimitable in more than one sense!
Thanks for everyone's interest! Unfortunately, I don't currently sell these cases, but if anyone is interested in licensing the idea for production, I'm happy to talk.
Also, for questions on why I don't use a scanner, please refer to the video description. Thanks!
Using a mirror to align the camera is brilliant! It easily solves the problem of being perpendicular to the surface. Thanks for this invaluable tip.
Dexter Graphic yes totally agree
Like all supreme artists (and you are one), you make it look so simple and doable. Thank you for such a helpful video. Kudos to your work.
Thank you for showing how deal with the glare problem!
I loved how the lighting issue was addressed.
I wonder what extra work that photo copy stand has had done to it in the last 5 years?
It's a great solution to a particular problem.
Wow! The centering mirror and polarizing filters are genius! Thank you!!
The best ideas are always the simplest. This has one job and it does it very, very well.
Thank you Wesley. This is a nice build. I have about 500 photos to copy and your ideas are really excellent. Sorry you didn’t make your deadline. This would have done well. It serves a need.
As this was a diy project are you sharing the plans .... looks like a nice item to make.
Magnificent!!!! You should sell these!!!
Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Thank you. If I were near my tools I'd have one of these this weekend.
The finished product looks just awesome. I'm sure a lot of thought went into that project. I just miss a stand for the camera integrated in the design, but of course that would compromise the design. And no one knows how important those little details are until you have to digitize 2000 prints, with many different print sizes.
I like the project. One thing I noticed was your glare issue. Have you tried to position the angles of the lights such that they don't reflect off the photo surface directly? A more obtuse light reflection would give less glare without needing a polarizer.
Great job with the magnet idea! I think that will be my first version though I'm more inclined to keep building a vacuum hold-down using perforated metal with a speaker fabric on-top.
Oh, one more thing I noticed was the reflective hinges! Might paint those flat black.
Some excellent ideas in that video, thanks
Dude this is amazing! 👏 🙌
Simple and great tools... probably worth to commercialize.
Great projetct! I love the rythm you used in the sound edit. I'm pretty sure, you would have won. :D
Also it's awesome to see your face glare up the moment you talk about the space you left for the hinges' rubber feets. You must have been really proud to have thought about that.
Wow! What a masterpiece, both the video and frame. I would like to buy one from you. Cheers
absolutely professional creation
Great idea! Man, I need one of these. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your interesting video. Q. How do you digitize slides to photos with your COPY BOX
This is a great video. I just discovered it today. Thanks!
I know this was made 5-6 years ago, but you can now get high Color Rendering Index (CRI) led strips that have better color rendering capability than florescent lights, but they are about $100 for 5 meters, so it is not a cheep option.
Hell yeah, this is awesome. Great work!
This is really brilliant, I'm impressed!
**whistle** totally not what I was looking for, but you do such a good job and it's so well edited how could I *not* subscribe?!
One word. Brilliant.
Simply brilliant design
Simply brilliant! Thanks for sharing. Joel......
Have you thought of using High CRI LEDS? I see some claim 95 or so. I have tested under some and some generic and it made a huge difference for reds and getting green and blue to work together.
You are so inspiring, wow. Thank you so much for sharing you genius mind.
Posting the plans and parts list would be great.
#ShopsmithSighting! It's a bummer that you weren't able to get this submitted, but Adam's loss is our gain. As always, cool project, Wesley. DO you still use it? Scott
You're very talented. Nice job!
You are right! You so would have won!!
I know I'm super late to the party but this was amazing. Both the video and the copy stand. :)
Wow! You are great at making things! You should make them and sell them!
Brilliant!
Awesome! Well thought!
Congrats!
I admire your skills. But I would rather buy a scanner cause they are cheap, and there are now scanners that scan directly to SD cards and there are also handheld portable. This set up I think is more suited maybe for macro photography, instead of power adapter just use battery so you can take it in the field.
Scanners are slow, very slow. And it's one more piece of equipment to buy. With a scanner you can't get RAW quality. It's much faster, easier and versatile to use a camera.
You are AMAZING
Terrific solution. Do you have drawn plans for this? I would live to build one for myself.
Thanks! I do not, unfortunately. I plan to revisit this project in the (hopefully) near future, so maybe then.
Great project... Where did you source the LED strips ? Thanks
Great design and superb execution. This can also be used to photograph small craft items, for posting to sites like Etsy, or the like. There are light tents available, but portability, durability and variable usage makes your design very attractive. Before sharing with my handier friends, is this something you have made to sell? If so, I'll monitor the replies, otherwise thanks for creating and sharing your vision.
Great Invention 👌👍
Great video. Where did you get the idea to use a mirror for alignment? Genius! :)
That's one cool project
Great build! Have you thought of patenting or selling this? I bet many people would buy it.
*Simply amazing!*
Is digitizing photos with a camera better than scanning them with a scanner?!!! I always thought scanning is the best option for such things!
I list a few of my reasons for opting for this method in the video description. Thanks!
What a great job ...
Clever!
so sick
Are you still using it? How is it holding up?
This would be an excellent setup for reverse engineering PCBs.
This is spectacular, and very well designed. How many actual hours did it take from start to finish for this project?
Thanks! Hard to say how many hours. I worked on it in between other things and I'm terrible at keeping track.
I am so jealous of your skills and the design... it's perfect for what you need it to do. I am trying to photograph coins so I have to have them flat on the table and a commercial copy stand is just to big for my small home.... I tried.... Couldn't eat at the dining table for months. Thanks for sharing this video.
how to order ? :)
Brilliant.
how about a scanner?
Refer to the video description.
@@WesleyTreat thanks Wesley, didn't read it in part because TH-cam folds it automatically. Do you use much your portable photo copy stand these days?
@@unperrier5998 I need to upgrade the light output, then I'll be getting back to archiving all my old prints.
How much to build one for someone else?
Unfortunately, I'm unable to take commissions for this type of project right now.
real master! :)
You're amazing
Your right, you had a good chance of wining, great idea, good video, useful project. Adam would of antiqued it, which I know you are good at also.
whats your venmo?
Look at you so young
The colour temperature issue isn't difficult to sort out - simply take one shot of a grey card/colour chart and use that shot to calibrate your white balance in whatever software you use (Lightroom for instance), then simply apply that adjustment to all your other shots. Colour temperature correction with one click, easy.
Well, you must have frightened potential DIYers to judge by the number of views and comments. You maxed out on caloric input where simplicity would have sufficed. Inimitable in more than one sense!