Looks who's ready for his closeup…

[Morn]

Why, it's the Schneider CPC6128 of course. I decided to schlep it up from the basement today to take some photos for the CPC Wikipedia article and Wikimedia Commons category. There can never be enough of those. 

The new disc drive still works like a champ. It's so nice to be able to save things again. Thanks for that, MaV!

Here's the disc image with the picture.
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[Morn]

Thanks for the likes! I suppose I should have wiped away the dust a bit, but I guess it only adds to the realism. 

I've turned this into bezel art for MAME now, which was partly the reason to take these photos. See MAME - CPCWiki for the download link.

Preview (with monitor type set to GT64):

[TFM]

Shouldn't it say "CPC Wiki" instead of "Wikipedia" ?

[Morn]

Shouldn't it say "CPC Wiki" instead of "Wikipedia" ?

It's just a tradition that when photographing old electronics for Wikipedia, they should have "Wikipedia" printed on the screen somewhere, see another example from my collection below. Of course with the cutting edge graphics of the CPC, we can even have an image instead of just text. 

It also demonstrates to younger Wikipedia readers that it's still possible to exchange data with these old machines (in fact due to the cassette port on the CPC it's far easier than with later 1980s computers), which they may not know, so I think it's somewhat useful and educational.

I've put that photo in the (English) CPC WP article section where graphics modes and video are discussed, so it serves as a demonstration of Mode 1 and green monitors too. 

[TFM]

Ah, I see! 

[remax]

Thanks for the likes! I suppose I should have wiped away the dust a bit, but I guess it only adds to the realism. 

I've turned this into bezel art for MAME now, which was partly the reason to take these photos. See MAME - CPCWiki for the download link.

Preview (with monitor type set to GT64):

Nice, I wanted to do this for ages

[Morn]

Nice, I wanted to do this for ages

Of course if anyone has a CTM-64x (or simply another GT variant), we could use that too for a bezel. Because MAME in colour on the GT65-2 looks a bit wrong. 

I've tried to find a suitable photo of a CTM on Google Image Search (viewed head-on, no flash, high resolution) but there weren't any that would work for a bezel.

[remax]

I miss a good camera sadly

Envoyé de mon Nexus 5 en utilisant Tapatalk

[Morn]

I miss a good camera sadly

Envoyé de mon Nexus 5 en utilisant Tapatalk

Even phones and tablets can take pretty good pictures under sufficient lighting (i.e. diffuse sunlight is best). I always use a Philips SAD therapy lamp for these kinds of photos to have nicely bright, diffuse lighting.

If you could take a picture looking directly at the screen and not from too close, it might be good enough for now. Someone can always take a better photo later, but at the moment we have nothing at all.

I've also looked for computer renders of CPC monitors, but renders tend to look a bit fake anyway. A photo is better.

[remax]

Ok i'll do it next week, when i'll get back

Envoyé de mon Nexus 5 en utilisant Tapatalk

[Morn]

Ok i'll do it next week, when i'll get back

Envoyé de mon Nexus 5 en utilisant Tapatalk

For better picture quality, you could look for a photo app that has exposure bracketing, here's a list: http://appcrawlr.com/android-apps/best-apps-exposure-bracketing

With EB, you should get one normal photo, and several ones that are a bit over- or underexposed. These can then be combined (maybe the app does that too) to get more detail in shadow and highlight areas, thus simulating a camera with bigger optics and sensor.