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|Dec 29, 2003, 02:58 PM
X-acto block plane
I've had an X-acto block (razor?) plane in my tool box for many years. I've tried using it several times as it would have been the right tool for the job, but never had any success with it. Is there any secret to setting up the blade or is it just junk.
Does anyone make a good mini plane?
|Dec 29, 2003, 04:58 PM
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There are several conditions that must be met for a plane to cut properly. The blade must be razor sharp. Sharp enough to shave the hair off the back of your hand with the first pass. The blade must be rigid enough to not chatter. The cutting angle must be low enough. The softer the material, the lower the cutting angle has to be. Most planes don't have an adjustment for cutting angle. You can adjust the effective cutting angle by skewing the plane to the direction of cut. The more skew, the lower the cutting angle. To avoid tear out, the direction of cut has to be in a direction that the blade doesn't pull up fibes where there is grain run-out.
You can use a razor plane, a thumb plane or a low angle block plane. I prefer the low angle block plane because it is easier to tune the depth of cut across the width of the blade, the throat and, the depth of cut. It has a total lack of blade chatter. It is easier to sharpen the blade using a blade guide that rolls across the stone while keeping the sharpening angle constant. The properly sharpened edge will be so highly polished that it almost looks chrome plated.
|Dec 30, 2003, 12:42 AM
Re: X-acto block plane
Now if you want a really good quality plane, try the Solingen razor plane from Germany distributed through Hobby Lobby. I've had mine 7 years and it has not missed a beat. Cuts paper thin sheets of balsa with ease. I use this plane and the Great Planes electric planer together. They make a great team.
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|Dec 30, 2003, 08:23 AM
Thanks guys.
I was just looking at the one from Hobby Lobby yesterday and was wondering how it was.
|Dec 30, 2003, 12:49 PM
I´ve had one of these and was frustrated about how it didnt work and threw it away, but I got another one (Graupner) and found out that if you make the cut with 45 degree angle it cuts nicely w/o problem, so I guess the trick is to not use it as a regular plane but to twist it slightly, about 30-45 degrees against the grain...
|Dec 30, 2003, 01:29 PM
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I never had any sucess with any razor plane. I do like the Master Airscrew plane.
|Dec 30, 2003, 02:32 PM
The Xacto plane IS a piece of junk. My hat is off to anyone that can make such a disaster function. The Hobby lobby one looks great but those old double edged blades are getting hard to find in any sort of decent quality. The stainless being much too soft for even balsa wood for long.
I made my own out of Cherry wood that use a common single edged razor blade. The depth of cut being adjustable. A bit of work but then woodworking is one of my hobbies too and making my own tools is part of the fun.
|Feb 02, 2004, 06:27 PM
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GP power planer
Thought I'd pass along the existance of a small trim plane by Stanley. About 3 1/2 to 4 inches long and about 1 3/4 wide. Does a really good job and wasn't expensive. Got mine at a top quality tool supply around here.
I'm interested in the GP power planer you mention in your post.
Can it take some punishment? I'm undecided whether to get one of them or go to Sears and look at electric hand planes.
I need to work the leading edge of a J-3 Cub wing leading edge that didn't go together as well as it should have. Got a lot of dry glue (white) to cut through.
|Feb 03, 2004, 12:05 PM
Re: X-acto block plane
No experience with woodworking when I bought it 2 years ago to shape my Spirit's nose block-- followed the directions and it works great!
|Feb 03, 2004, 12:09 PM
Hmm-- having read the rest of the posts here, and being able to pull paper-thin pieces of balsa off with this plane, I am wondering if perhaps I have a natural talent for woodworking?
Might explain my goal to get a house with a barn so I can set up a shop and make my own furniture....
|Feb 03, 2004, 11:53 PM
I recently bought the master airscrew razor plane. Once I got the hang of it, it worked really well. I take off a very small amount at a time. It would be nice if the angle was adjustable, but for 8 bucks, you get what you get.
I bought the master airscrew blades for it, but I wonder, will single edge razors work?
|Feb 04, 2004, 12:02 AM
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Cheep Balsa planer
The planer that I found works the best on balsa
Is a potato peeler try it on some scrap it needs
To be a new sharp one and wont work on a flat
Surface but for shaping a leading edge it cant be beat
|Feb 06, 2004, 03:50 PM
Just thought I'd share with you my most bloody/most foolish modelling injury:
Be very careful about holding your wood with your non-planing hand. Ideally, secure it to a bench or at least hold the piece from behind the plane.
I was once holding a wing panel in my left hand and planing the LE with my right hand. The dull plane stuck in the wood and then jumped forward, shaving a big chunk of flesh off of my knuckles. YoWwW! This is also another good reason to keep your modelling blades sharp and use common sense.
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|Feb 18, 2004, 11:59 PM
United States, IA, Chelsea
Joined Feb 2004
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i made one out of some scraps and a utility knife blade and it worked fairly well. but not perfect. then i was at the local menards store and found a small block plane that was about 3 inches long for 4 bucks and it works great. its the best 4 bucks ive ever spent
|Feb 26, 2004, 12:32 PM
Rudderman is right, the Solingen plane sold by Hobby Lobby is the best for modeling I've ever used. I've had several and it's my all time favorite.
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have overcompensated with watering. Also, we've all of a sudden had several downpours the last few days. All of the melons were direct seeded into aged horse manure, topsoil, and some 10-10-10, and black plastic, but the plastic made it hard to water, so I removed it. Next year, I'm going to use the water permeable black plastic, and keep it down the whole season, and I'll try some lime over the winter.
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Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I LOVE this moisturizer! I have very oily skin and I knew I needed a light weight moisturizer that I can use all the time throughout the year. I love this product because it absorbs nicely and quickly and I can put my make-up immediately after. My skin is super soft and has never felt better! I would recommend this product for everyone who has oily skin but, its definitely not for someone who has dry skin! I have bought multiple bottles of this product and don't plan on switching moisturizers anytime soon!
on 1/21/2015 4:04:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Medium Brown, Warm
Hair: Black, Relaxed, Medium
Eyes: Black
So for years i've had an issue where i've always known about the importance of moisturizing my skin but then i'd buy a moisturizer, and about 20 mins later, my face would feel like a virtual slip-n-slide. I wound up with the same result nearly every time, so much so, that i stopped using moisturizers altogether. Well after a visit to the laser doctor last year, she told me about the importance of moisturizing, but that since i had oily skin, i had to look for gel moisturizers and sunscreens, or ones that left a matte finish, if possible. Taking her advice i first tried the Cetaphil moisturizer only to find that it didn't really didn't hold up the matte effect for very long, and i didn't really like the feel of it on my face, especially under makeup.
So, fast forward to this year, where the winter had brought about peeling around my mouth, cheek, and nose area, turning my normally oily skin into combo skin. I hit up Target aiming to get a gel moisturizer, knowing that Oil of Olay had one (the Dew Over Hydrating Gel Moisturizer). However, when i'm there, i noticed this little Clean and Clear version and the considerable price difference made me choose this one instead. I washed my face as soon as i got home and put it on and wow! It literally made my face feel like a baby's bottom. It has a very pleasant, fresh scent, and it really does have a refreshing sensation once you put it on. For all of you who suffer from oily skin and need a light-weight moisturizer that hydrates just enough, i highly recommend it. It'll feel like a dream under makeup, especially for those of you who, like me, wear medium to full coverage foundations and powders and live in a relatively hot area. Cannot recommend this moisturizer enough.
on 1/10/2015 7:21:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This product. Oh my goodness this product. It's one of my two absolute favorite moisturizers.
I came to discover this product because I needed a moisturizer to take with me in my carry-on 'cause I was going to visit my boyfriend in Texas, and my other moisturizer is larger than the 3oz requirement. I saw this and figured I may as well try it, the worst-case is that it just doesn't work, right?
This product is amazing. I was worried that, seeing as I'd be in the INCREDIBLY humid summer of San Antonio, it'd feel super gross. Not to mention the fact that I'd never used a gel moisturizer before and I was worried I'd be super oily as well.
This moisturizer is so lightweight yet moisturizing that it felt amazing despite all the humidity. My face was ridiculously soft (as my boyfriend also commented on), moisturized, and I didn't break out at all from it. While going through my morning face routine with my boyfriend (he was wondering about my amazingly soft face), I playfully put some of this on his cheek and he spent the rest of the day saying how soft his face felt because of it. It also has a fantastic smell that's not overbearing.
Because of how light this moisturizer is, I've also been able to put an spf15 moisturizer over it without feeling gross or sticky as well.
I could talk about how wonderful this moisturizer is for daaaaays.
on 1/2/2015 2:48:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
I am so happy with this as a daytime moisturizer! I have sensitive, dry and acne-prone skin, which is rather difficult to appease. There are very few products I can use on my face that don't irritate or breakout my skin. My skin is highly reactive to cety alcohol, which is in almost all moisturizers, and I was very excited to find a drugstore moisturizer - this! - which didn't have it.
This moisturizer provides lightweight hydration, perfect for daytime. It absorbs quickly and does not create any discoloration or film on top of skin. I put it on moments after washing my face and can put my makeup on top of it almost immediately. It provides a nice, smooth base for my CC creme and doesn't smear or ball up. You can use it around the eyes with no stinging or burning. It's gel-ish consistency feels smooth, fresh and clean; never sticky or goopy. It's not deeply moisturizing, but just enough to soothe skin and take the edge off of that dry, tight feeling and/or minor flakiness. My skin feels softer, smoother and overall better after using it.
Some have complained about the smell, but I like it. I like cucumbers but this doesn't smell like that to me. It does have a light, fresh, slightly fruity scent - which fades quickly.
I've had none of the burning, stinging or irritation that some of the other reviewers with sensitive skin mentioned. My skin has responded very well to this, in that it has only "accepted" the hydration happily and not broken out or become inflamed at all. This is a small miracle in itself.
I'm so happy I found this wonderful moisturizer for daytime. I still love my ELTAMD Melting Moisturizer for a deeper night moisturizer, but this is a wonderful gem to add to the skincare routine. I'd been looking for a non-irritating, not pricey day lotion that still moisturizes effectively for over a year and have finally found it with this.
The squeeze tube packaging is clean and convenient and the price is very reasonable at about $5. I can't recommend this enough!
on 12/21/2014 9:04:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This gel moisturizer provides minimal hydration. I put it on and after 20 minutes I feel like I never put on anything at all. However, this isn't always terrible. My skin does feel super soft. In the Summer time I really enjoy using this because it's so lightweight and smells amazing. It doesn't clog my pores and didn't break me out which is obviously a good thing. I like using this in my skin care routine after my serums to sort of lock it all in. This also provides a nice base before I put on BB cream.
So, while it's not really hydrating, it still has its uses.
on 12/21/2014 7:00:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I just bought this the other day cause I was looking for an oil-free moisturizer, and I've only used it once so far and it's not too bad. I use an prescribed acne product that makes my skin dry and after using this and the acne product together, my skin wasn't as dry, except for a little patches but they were no big deal. I paid $8.99 for this, so I thought it was a little pricy for its size, but so far it's not too bad. The texture and smell are also pretty good.
on 12/15/2014 3:51:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I bought this product, because it has no acnegenic ingredients when all other budget moisturizer I could find did. Pros.: absorbs well; makes skin look matte; oil-free; don't feel it on my face. Cons.: the smell is very strong and unpleasant. Although it smells good to other people, I prefer light or unscented products. I put know to "buy again", but might change my mind if it doesn't break me out. Right now the scent is too strong for me to repurchase. Advice: wait at least half an hour after you wash your face to apply, the longer the better. Applying right after washing or acne gels can be what makes skin burn.
I want to update the review after using the product for some time. It takes care of dry skin very well just with small amount and makeup looks good when applied on top of it. Very light formula. Absorbs well. The smell actually feels good and wakes you up in the morning. It is not unpleasant anymore, just strong. I can't say whether it adds to break outs or not. Also, packaging is really nice and dispenses the product in the amount you need. Hope that helps.
on 11/27/2014 2:14:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Grey
I love this moisturizer in the summer! It's lightweight, it isn't greasy feeling and it feels very refreshing. For me, it doesn't work in the winter because my skin gets so dry and I need a heavier moisturizer. But as a summer moisturizer, I love it! Very good smell too.
on 11/15/2014 12:40:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Other, Fine
Eyes: Green
I got this because my HG Clean & Clear Dual Action Moisturizer was all sold out and I don't feel like it does anything. It's a very lightweight formula so I would recommend it to individuals with very oily skin. It has a nice gel consistency and a fresh smell, but I think it only moisturizes enough to allow smooth application of your makeup immediately after. If you wait too long after applying it (more than 10 minutes), it feels like there's nothing on your skin at all. I don't think that it's very moisturizing over all and would recommend the Dual Action Moisturizer instead. I would maybe consider re-purchasing in the summer when my skin is oiler and sweatier.
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The Department of Justice issued an opinion regarding Internet Lottery in September, but waited until two days before Christmas before making the announcement public. The new DOJ opinion not only legalizes Internet Lottery, but could open the door for other forms of gambling on the Internet such as poker, casino gambling, keno, bingo and video gambling.
There are many concerns about making gambling accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week on computers, wireless devices or cell phones. People could gamble at home and lose their house with a click of a mouse!
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Many poor people and children now have access to computers at home and at school. Internet age verification procedures used by alcohol companies have been ineffective in keeping anyone younger than 21 from going to their websites. Requiring a driver's license number to gamble online will not prevent teens and computer-savvy individuals from gambling. There are already more than 8,700 people on the self-exclusion list at Illinois casinos, yet many continue to gamble. How will the Lottery be able to keep gambling addicts from gambling online?
How will the Internet Lottery website be secured to protect against credit card and identity theft by criminals and hackers? If the system is hacked, and the information is stolen, will the Lottery be forthright in informing the public?
Internet gambling will be done in isolation and easy to hide. Gamblers could rack up thousands of dollars in debt and cause great harm to individuals, families and society from bankruptcy, crime, family problems and suicide. This is not what voters envisioned when they approved the Lottery to help fund education.
When the federal Wire Act was passed, there were no state Lotteries, and casino gambling was only legal in Nevada. Call your congressman and Senators Durbin and Kirk (202-225-3121) and ask them to contact the Department of Justice for a thorough review and reversal of the opinion on Internet gambling.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Broadcom in February 2015.Interview Details
phone interview followed by webex interview. asked basic questions regarding set up and hold times, designing borrow look ahead subtractor, propogate and generate terms, low power design methods, probability and critical thinkingInterview Questions
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- basic questions from digital system design and probability Answer Question
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I applied online. The process took 1+ week – interviewed at Broadcom in July 2014.Interview Details
I was contacted by email with basic questions about my availability. Then I was Phone interviewed and asked basic logic question like bitwise operation on numbers. Last was on site interview. It was kind of informal about what I had did early mostly my projects. I was interviewd by my manager and 3 other engineers.Negotiation DetailsI didn't negotitateAccepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Broadcom in July 2013.Interview Details
Simple phone interview followed by on-site interview with three members of the team.
Not quite technical as they are new to hiring interns at that time and they may have found me not quite match.Interview Questions
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks – interviewed at Broadcom in May 2013.Interview Details
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Good understanding of Broadcom products like WIFI bluetooth NFCInterview Questions
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week – interviewed at Broadcom in April 2013.Interview Details
telephone interview and then on site interview. 1 hour in telephone interview and 2.5 hours totally in on site interview. 5 interviewer and 0.5 hour each one. One interview asked something about course project, one asked something about intelligence, one asked about behavior and two asked about the work.Interview Questions
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- There are 25 cars and 5 lanes. The speed of the cars are not same but don't change. What's the less times race we can get the top 5 cars from the 25 cars. Answer Question
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week – interviewed at Broadcom in April 2013.Interview Details
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks – interviewed at Broadcom in March 2013.Interview Details
Applied online and got a request for a phone interview after a little over two weeks. The phone interview was technical, and asked to send him some C code that implemented the usual linked list operations (insertion, deletion). Also asked about my experience in wireless (BTW this was for a embedded wireless firmware job, for which the business doesn't exist anymore).
The on-site was done a week later, which is faster than normal (usually they're 2 weeks after the phone interview). About 6 people interviewed me, each an hour long. The schedule was a little dynamic since they were busy, so some scheduled interviewers were replaced by other engineers who were last-minute substitutions. This can rub some people the wrong way, as it can give a bad picture of the organization of the group, but if you take it in stride then you realize that it just gave you a picture of how hectic the group is at the moment, so you can take advantage of the situation by saying how good you are under stress :).
Interviews were all in-depth technical questions; no behavioral questions other than the first one with HR. Two gave me embedded C questions (what is volatile, what is static, describe characteristics of an RTOS, how do you set bits in an int). One gave me a brain teaser (the one where a bird flies between two oncoming trains, and calculate how far the bird flew). One asked me questions about wireless protocols (WCDMA, LTE), how does initial access work, what are the control channels, what information was in each control channel, etc. All of them looked at the resume (as if it was their first time!) and asked questions about the work I did, and to describe it to them. This is fair game; if it's on your resume, you'd better be able to defend that you did good work and were at one time an expert on it!
The last one was the hiring manager, who gave me a mathematical question and asked me to solve it. He walked out after five minutes, then came back and asked if I had the answer. I did not, but explained my plan of attack to give him a sense that I wasn't stumped, just trying different ways to solve it. I eventually did, but I was upset with myself that I didn't get it right away. He explained that he wanted to see how I did under pressure, and emphasized that the job will be stressful at times.Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsThe recruiter asked me what my present salary and bonus was (what unvested bonuses would I be giving up?), and one counter-offer was presented and basically met halfway.
- Two trains are traveling towards each other at a certain closing speed and initial distance between them. A bird at another speed is flying from one train to another, turning around every time it reaches a train. How far does the bird fly before the trains collide? View Answer
No negotiation on the relocation package. I moved from the east coast, so it was a fairly costly move. For my package, only half the closing costs of my house were covered, and there was a cap on moving expenses and another separate cap for real-estate related expenses. If you have a long/big move, you will exceed that cap, so take this into account because you may incur substantial costs in relocation that you may not recover from even with future bonuses.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceDifficult Interview
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at Broadcom in March 2013.Interview Details
A phone interview(more of a discussion) was followed by an on-site interview request.
Almost all the staff members in the group interviewed me. There were four back-back interview sessions, each quizzed me for around 45-60 minutes. Some talked more about my research.
The interviewers were friendly and would drop hints to help me solve the problem (if stuck). A good experience overall.Interview Questions
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interviewed at Broadcom in March 2013.Interview Details
2 Telephone Interview. 1 face to face interview. Was interviewed by 7 persons. Covered all the topics from rtl to sta. They covered all the topics from verilog, rtl to sta. There were also some design compiler questions. Got my reply within 3 days after my interview.Interview Questions
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interviewed at Broadcom in February 2013.Interview Details
I have been called on my phone. And was asked to come onsite directly. Onsite interview experience was amazing and quite chilling . They started from my resume and asked me about my technical skills and few questions were about my projects. Interview asked me questions on networking protocols, CDMA and spread spectrum communications.Interview Questions
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- What is the difference between IP and TCP protocol? View Answer
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Sidelights arld Supplemets on the Perote
Edited by LLERENA B. FRIEND
[The following is a continuation of material on the Perote
Prisoners, the first section of which appeared in the January, 1965,
Green lists two William Millers as Mier men who died in
Mexico. Trueheart, in his diary on December 17, 1843, recorded
"We hear from Wm. Muller, one of the Mier prisoners." On that
same day, Canfield wrote that William H. Miller, "a good sol-
dier," died at the hospital and was buried in the prison "dyke."
His relationship or any possible connection with one Henry
Miller is not clear. A letter dated Mexico, March 26, 1844, went
to Waddy Thompson at Jalapa:7
My dear general
Being informed that by your recommendation, several Texian
prisoners at Perote have been released by the President and knowing
that you are so near to Gove and in his favour like Ganimede, I beg
leave to apply to your kindness to me, by asking your powerfull sup-
port for the release of a poor german left alone in Perote because all
his countrymen were allready put in liberty. His name is Henry Miuller
who applied to me several times in the most pityfull terms-Your
intercession in his favour would make him soon as happy and grate-
full to you than so many others whom you have delivered from their
prison. ... adios
Your's most sincerely
von Gerratt
Another Mier prisoner who had occasion to be grateful to
Thompson was Fenton M. Gibson." He wrote to General Thomp-
son from Powder Mills on September 12, 1843:
'Waddy Thompson Papers (Archives, University of 'Texas Library).
""Men of Mier," L. W. Kemp Collection (Archives, University of Texas Library).
Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 68, July 1964 - April, 1965. Austin, Texas. The Portal to Texas History. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101198/. Accessed April 2, 2015.


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ND Filter Calculator
Exposure Calculator
It is also possible to specify an ND filter of up to 30 stops, handy for those long exposure photographs to blur water and clouds.
Please contact me if you'd like to have the app translated into your language.
ND Filter Timer
Select the shutter speed applicable without the filter then select the filter you intend on using. The shutter speed you will then need to use will be displayed with the timer available if it is 4 seconds or longer.
Current features:
- Shutter speeds 1/8000 to 30 seconds at 1/3 stop intervals
- Single 1 to 10 F-stop filters
- Timer complete notifications supported on Android Wear devices
If you have any problems, experience any bugs or would like to make any suggestions, please send me an email.
ND filter
Are you looking for new functionality, new filters, new exposure times and so on?
In the version "ND filter PRO" you can find it.
The purpose of standard photographic neutral density filters is to allow the photographer greater flexibility to change the aperture, exposure time and/or motion blur of subject in different situations and atmospheric conditions.
ND Filter Calc (DSLR)
Simply specify the filters used and the exposure time of the camera and ND filter calculates the optimum time span, for your photographs to become awesomet!
- Add your own filters
- Delete the default filter
- Select multiple filters
- Built-in timer / alarm
- Easy to use
- Automatic time conversion
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Long Exposure Camera 2
(Recommendations with the same phone photo archive path.)
Free version increased to 800 * 480 resolution
Long exposure photography is a happy thing, we try to let the phone can long expose.
Download it right now, you will find the process of a long exposure is so magical.
In the "Settings" in the "Resolution" lists all supported resolutions
Resolution list in full version and general version are the same.
Slow Shutter
High-Speed Camera (GIF,Burst)
▣ Various camera shutters (High-Speed, High-Definition, Silent)
▣ Creating animated GIF with ease
▣ Easy to use
- Switchable auto & manual save
- Built-in photo gallery
- LED flashlight
- Image effects
Do you want to take pictures in the library?
Do you want to take pictures of a cute running pet?
Make your smart phone as a high-speed camera!
Make your smart phone as a noiseless camera!
Do not miss the chance!
1. Supports high-speed shots(Up to 40 FPS).
- More FPS than normal DSLR camera.
- Supports quick image viewer for burst shots.
- Choose best photo and save it.
2. Supports noiseless shutter.
- Supports Burst shooting, Freeze screen, Taking a picture without shutter sound.
3. Supports picture freezing.
- Pinching to zoom in and out.
- Supports image effects(Negative, Mono, Sepia)
- Supports WYSIWYG saving.
4. Supports image effects.
- Supports Normal, Negative, Mono, Sepia effects.
- Supports high-speed burst shot, Freeze shot, Taking a picture with image effect.
5. Taking high-definition pictures
- Don't run the other camera app to take high-definition photos.
- You can take a HD picture by pressing the volume up(or down) button.
6. Built-in Photo Gallery
- Don't go outside to see photos taken.
- Pinching to zoom in and out.
- Image effects.
- WYSIWYG saving.
- Animated GIF
7. Supports Rear-face & Front-face camera
- Supports image effects.
- Supports High-speed shooting, Freeze shot, Taking a picture without sound.
8. Supports Flashlight
- You can use the LED flash-light function when you take a picture in dark places or walk in the dark.
- You can turn flash light on and off by pressing volume down(or up) button.
9. Supports Animated GIF
- Creating Animated GIF.
* Touch the screen to get a focus.
* Some phones are making a shutter sound when get HD pictures.
* FPS is depend on your smart phone's ability.
* ex) Galaxy NX - 40FPS, Galaxy S3 - 30FPS
If you have any problems for using this App., send me a mail before rating. email@example.com
I will do my best to satisfy you. Thank you.
"Shutter-Speed" allows you to measure the shutter-speeds of your cameras simply with your smartphone, without the need of bulky equipment. The measured values can then be saved to a table. Additionally, the app automatically calculates a correction value in thirds of an f-stop. Hereby, even when your camera is inaccurate, the app tells you how to make accurate exposures !
How does this work ?
The App is based on an acoustic measurement-method: When you release the shutter of a camera, it makes a shutter-release-sound, which is caused by the opening and closing of the shutter. The App records this sound and displays a graphical waveform of it on the screen. Both the opening and the closing of the shutter produce a peak in the waveform. The distance between those peaks equals the shutter-speed.
Of course, the accuracy of this acoustic measurement has it's limits. It will give good results with slow speeds up to about 1/30 and 1/60. Leaf-shutters work better than SLR's and focal-plane-shutters, because they produce less noise which distorts the signal.
If you want more accuracy and be able to measure speeds up to 1/500, you can purchase a "PhotoPlug". This is a hardware-extension for the app, which allows you to measure the actual amount of light passing through the camera, instead of sound. The PhotoPlug is a small, 3cm long device which fits into the headphone jack of our smartphone. Once it is plugged in, it converts light into electrical signals, allowing you to make real light-measurements with your smartphone !
For further information please visit www.photoplug.de !
Camera FV-5 Lite
Major features:
● All photographic parameters are adjustable and always at hand: exposure compensation, ISO, light metering mode, focus mode, white balance and program mode.
● DSLR-like viewfinder display: see exposure time, aperture and stops display with EV and bracketing settings, in real-time!
● Full fledged exposure bracketing: from 3 to 7 frames, unlimited stops spacing, plus custom EV shifting.
● Built-in intervalometer: make stunning timelapses (even bracketed/HDR timelapses) and time-controlled picture series.
● Program and Speed-priority modes.
● Long exposure support: take beautiful night photos and light trails with long exposure times up to 30 seconds**.
● JPEG, true 16-bit RAW in DNG format*, and lossless PNG photo capturing formats, perfect for post-processing.
● Manual shutter speed: from 1/80000 to 2", or the range available on your device*.
● All camera functions assignable to volume keys. You can adjust EV, ISO, color temperature and more using volume keys. Devices with hardware camera shutter key are also supported.
● EXIF and XMP sidecar metadata support.
● Autofocus, macro, touch-to-focus, true manual focus* and infinity focus modes. Autofocus lock feature (AF-L).
● Autoexposure (AE-L) and auto white balance (AWB-L) locks in Android 4.0+.
● In background photo and RAW developing and processing allows a smooth, uninterrupted camera operation.
● Digital zoom using multitouch pinch gesture. Also shows 35mm equivalent focal length!
● The most advanced electronic viewfinder: live RGB histogram, 10 composition grid overlays and 9 crop guides available.
● Powerful organization options: different storage locations and fully customizable file names (even with variables).
● The user interface is available in more than 30 languages.
This camera application completely avoids scene modes, instead you get full manual control over all photographic parameters, just like you do with a reflex camera, so you can ultimately control every aspect of the picture, and leave the post-processing to the computer. So after your DSLR, you will never miss a photo opportunity again, being able to capture it with the closer sensation to your DSLR as possible.
The Lite version is a fully functional version of Camera FV-5, with limited picture resolution support. Please buy Pro version to unlock all your device's resolutions and enable RAW capture (if it is supported on your device).
IMPORTANT: If you find a bug using the application, PLEASE, visit the web page http://www.camerafv5.com/ or write to email@example.com with your phone model name and the description of the problem, before writing a negative comment. Customer satisfaction is our priority, and we will do our best to fix the issues as soon as possible!
Connect with Camera FV-5 and stay always up to the latest information about current and future development. Visit the official website http://www.camerafv5.com, be a fan of http://www.facebook.com/CameraFV5, subscribe to http://www.twitter.com/CameraFV5 or watch tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/camerafv5.
* Requires Android 5.0+ and a fully compliant Camera2 implementation. Currently only LG Nexus 5 and Motorola Nexus 6.
** Requires Android 5.0+. Compatible as well on the Samsung Galaxy Camera (1 and 2), Galaxy S4 Zoom and HTC One (M8). On Android 4.4 or older, long exposures lowers picture resolution to 2 or 1 MP, depending models. The reason is explained here: http://www.camerafv5.com/faq.php#long-exposure-resolution
Exposure calculator Free
You can use the calculator with ND filter. Determine how to make 1000 times longer photos, for example.
Two of the three parameters can be blocked, the last parameter is determined automatically.
The minimum and maximum speed can be set, it goes the same for aperture and ISO to be specific to your device.
Free version sponsored by some ads. If you want to support the development and use an ad-free version install
photo, ND filter, long exposure, exposure calculator
NDwatch : ND calculator
Set the shutter speed without Neutral Density (ND) filter, and calculate the needed shutter speed with the added ND filter.
Press the start button together with your camera remote shutter control, and release when the app timer has finished.
This app has a lot to offer:
- Stopwatch
- Shutter speed calculator
- Countdown
- Start and stop buttons.
- Number pickers to select ND filters and shutter speeds as fast as possible.
The first version of ND watch is here!
This app is available now for android 4.0 - 4.4. Other android versions will be supported soon.
Please e-mail us with your feedback and idea's on how we can further improve NDwatch.
ND Filter Calc
Vous spécifiez le temps de pose initial sans filtre, et l'application calcule les temps pour des filtres de ND2 à ND1000.
Vous avez aussi la possibilité de rajouter dans la table de calcul vos valeurs de filtres qui peuvent être une combinaison de deux filtres.
Il vous sera possible de vérifier le coefficient d'un filtre ND en rentrant le temps constaté en secondes par rapport au temps initial.
ND Filter
1. Switch to M mode (or S)
2. Find proper exposure without the filter
3. Put the filter on
4. Dial shutter speed to the value ND Filter tells you
5. Take a shot!
The formula we use to calculate the values is Tnd = T0 * 2^nd, where Tnd is shutter speed with the filter, T0 is shutter speed without the filter and nd is filter density (1, 2, 3, ... 13).
Code for the app is available at https://github.com/nciric/NDFilter.
HD Camera for Android
Key features:
- camera and video features
- 3 modes: camera, video recorder & panorama
- Pinch to zoom
- smart panorama shooting
- Countdown Timer
- Dynamic user interface (phone/tablet)
- Wide screen pictures
- Picture quality setting
- White balance settings(Incandescent, Fluorescent, Auto, Daylight,Cloudy)
- Screen mode settings(Action, Night, Sunset, Play)
- Exposure
- Location targeting
- Configurable volume keys
Although in the current market, there are have many kinds of camera applications, but we still think this android native application is the most efficient and able to meet a user needs. Here only as a supplement for those devices are not installed android native system provides an additional option.
The special permissions for use
1, android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
HD Camera can remember your photos and videos location if you wish. Other apps can access this information along with your saved images.
2, android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
After you take a photo, you can share with others. HD Camera need to read the contacts information and help you share photos via email, SMS, or other apps.
This app is based on native android camera code, and licensed under the Apache License.
code: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_Camera2
Apache Licens: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
Exposure Calculator
Given test exposure settings this application will calculate the final required shutter/aperture/ISO if you plan to deviate from any of the test settings.
This application is particularly useful for calculating those long star trail exposures or to calculate the required settings when using ND filters! Simply enter the number of stops the ND filter accounts for using the expoure compensation slider.


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»Eden Springs Park
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Rajiv Goel was given probation, fined $10,000 and told to forfeit $266,000 for his part in assisting Raj Rajaratnam, the founder of hedge fund management group Galleon, to commit a series of frauds.
He was accused of giving the Galleon founder confidential information about Intel, including the company's investments, in a bid to help him gain money from mergers and share prices, Associated Press reports.
Upon sentencing Goel apologised to Judge Barbara Jones and said he was "deeply ashamed". He was given brief respite with the courts crediting him for his cooperation in the case, which spanned for months.
In May 2011, Raj Rajaratnam was found guilty of 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy.
It was alleged that he managed to rip off AMD, Intel and ATI, making around $22 million and avoiding losses of $63.8 million as a result of insider information ahead of critical business deals.
In recordings given to the court Goel is heard providing Rajaratnam with details of Intel's billion dollar investment in a joint-venture between Clearwire and Sprint in 2008 to build a global 4G platform.
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Growing your own wedding flowers
I'm getting married this summer, August 16th, and would like to grow some of the flowers for my wedding. The problem is that I'm currently working in France and won't be back stateside until the end of May. Is late May too late to plant dahlia tubers? If not, any tips about planting and care or varieties? My location is a very sunny south facing bed in front of the house, and my area tends to have summers that are quite hot and humid. Missouri's suffered from droughts for the past few years.
I'm interested in ordering from Swan Island, and perhaps Wooden Shoe Bulb Farm as well, but am interested in suggestions about good sources.
The varieties I'm currently considering are:
Otto's Thrill (anything smaller and more floriferous with a similar form and color?)
Caf� Au Lait and/or Sheer Heaven
Fleur, Silver City or White Perfection
Touché or Lindy (or another apricot/peach/orangey pink B sized dahlia)
If you've grown any of these, what was your experience with them? Any suggestions of better performing varieties?
Do antique dahlia cultivars tend to be more or less disease resistant and heat tolerant than the modern varieties?
Also, how many tubers do you recommend ordering of a given cultivar if I'd like to have a good shot at having 8-12 flowers on hand for the wedding?
This post was edited by Angevine on Mon, Jan 27, 14 at 15:49
A lot of these questions were answered in this recent post... See bottom link.
In very hot and humid locales, dahlias tend to slow down blooming until it gets cooler.
I would be concerned that, if you are starting with an unsprouted tuber end of May, and might have a very hot spell that slows down the plant as well, you would not hit your special date.
With that said, TRY ANYWAY! You'll have a blast, as long as you have a backup plan and the stress is off!
I would suggest calling Swan Island and talking to them about your concerns and desires. They know their varieties inside and out, as dahlias is ALL they grow, and will give great suggestions about which ones to choose, as well as how to grow them in a booklet they send out with your order.
They also ship blooms all over the US, incidentally.
Hope this helps, and have fun in your wedding planning!
Here is a link that might be useful: Wedding flowers
Growing dahlias for the first time and for a wedding are both daunting tasks. Order one of the Swan Island collections, specifically the ultimate cut flower collection and you will probably have some flowers for the wedding. We could propose hundreds of varieties in different colors and shapes but this collection is an excellent choice for a beginner.
I have not had good results from Touché. For me they rarely came out fully double so after trying it for several seasons I have now trashed it. My climate is also hot and dry in summer which tends to make dahlias open up in the center. Some varieties are more susceptible to this problem than others. You may want to consider varieties that are listed as being more heat tolerant. Check out the link below.
Here is a link that might be useful: Heat Tolerant Dahlias