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If someone could scan (with or without ruler) the nozzle end of an Estes "D" powered Motor, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks!
Jim
Thanks!
Jim
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What is your goal for the image? Why a scan and not a photo? Most scanners have a very shallow depth of field so the nozzle may be out of focus.
Here are a couple of photos, one with a ruler, and one without. Hopefully helpful.
Tony
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Its been around for quite a while as far as I remember, but the phone has to be pretty close to horizontal before the targets show up, and you have to hold it steady for a moment or two as well. Interestingly, there isn’t a similar function for vertical shots.My 'new' phone is on iOS 12.5.5 (old) and I can't get the double crosses, but maybe newer phones/iOS's can. I'm probably going to upgrade one phone soon and I'll try the feature then. Seems like a good function and I'll let the guys at work know to try it tomorrow. Great for scaling images for sure.
Sandy.
Great point - I had forgotten about that:On my current-generation SE, "Grid" has to be turned on in camera settings for the leveling crosshairs to appear, and the level only works when the camera is pointed directly up or down. It's useful for photographing documents.
Coolness. I've always had the grids turned off so I had never seen the crosshairs. Wish I could get the crosshairs without the grid (or could turn it all on/off without having to go into settings.Great point - I had forgotten about that:
Settings > Camera > Grid (in the Composition area)
Doing so will turn on the 'rule of thirds' grid which can be used for composing images, and the crosshairs described above. I use it primarily as you mention - for photographing documents or photos, or whenever I want to limit perspective distortion.
I've stared at those icons a zillion times and never thought to play with them. Coolness #2!Another trick a lot of folks haven't discovered is the perspective control that is found when you tap the Crop button. The rotation control is pretty obvious, but if you tap either of the two icons to the right, you can 'tilt' the image either up and down or left to right. It's great if you photograph a building or something similar and you have to tilt the phone to get everything in the frame.
I've likewise used Markup a thousand times and never tried the ruler. Holy crap this is coolness overload.And finally, for reasons I don't understand (why it's in the crop area), also in the upper right corner, is the Markup button where you can draw on an image, and more usefully for me, is a ruler that lets you measure angles.
I have a feeling most of us only know about 10% of what our phones can do.
Great point - I had forgotten about that:
Settings > Camera > Grid (in the Composition area)
Doing so will turn on the 'rule of thirds' grid which can be used for composing images, and the crosshairs described above. I use it primarily as you mention - for photographing documents or photos, or whenever I want to limit perspective distortion.
Another trick a lot of folks haven't discovered is the perspective control that is found when you tap the Crop button. The rotation control is pretty obvious, but if you tap either of the two icons to the right, you can 'tilt' the image either up and down or left to right. It's great if you photograph a building or something similar and you have to tilt the phone to get everything in the frame.
But wait, there's more! In the upper left of the crop screen is a button to flip the image so it's reversed, or not reversed, along with the rotate button. In the upper right is an option to choose a preset aspect ratio. And finally, for reasons I don't understand (why it's in the crop area), also in the upper right corner, is the Markup button where you can draw on an image, and more usefully for me, is a ruler that lets you measure angles.
I have a feeling most of us only know about 10% of what our phones can do.
Tony
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