The ones I looked at didn't have much range. I'm probably expecting too much from a simple, cheap indoors gadget. The pro equipment uses a corner reflector and a rod man to hold it! AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] RE: [SPAM] Re: DIY photo equipment > From: Mark Blackwell <mblackwell1958@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, October 19, 2008 11:07 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Well I never thought about that use but one of those laser tape measures from any home improvement store would give you the footage and probably inches to a subject so you could set the distance to subject from the dial on the lens. > --- On Sun, 10/19/08, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: RE: [SPAM] Re: DIY photo equipment > > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 7:03 AM > > By coincidence a friend showed me his laser focus aid > > Sunday. It is a > > green astronomy pointer that he says is useful for doing > > dim interiors. > > Got it from Amazon. It is a passive device not a detector > > or measuring > > gadget. I'd like to see a measuring device that works > > at larger > > distances than 100' I need it to set footage scale for > > camera with no > > viewfinder. > > > > AZ > > > > Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! > > The Lookaround Book. > > Now an E-book. > > http://www.panoramacamera.us > > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > Subject: [SPAM] Re: DIY photo equipment > > > From: rush rouge <pixelrouge@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Date: Sun, October 19, 2008 7:41 am > > > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - > > Students > > > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 3:03 AM, karl shah-jenner > > <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > > *a laser focussing aid for macro and large format > > photography (it can be > > > > used on any camera) > > > > > > > > * a two / three beam pulsed infrared camera > > trigger - so say when the fly > > > > is precisely *here* in the frame (and 2 beams are > > broken) the camera goes > > > > off or, when something cat height walks through > > this precise spot the > > > > camera fires, but not if something dog height > > walks through. (I really > > > > should use this thing more too!) > > > hmmn , this should be a very useful DIY for me... Is > > there a possiblity of > > > having more info on this one ??? > > > Regards > > > Rush > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
