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Yi camera 1 working

The first Yi camera that completely stopped working in the last test is now working when both the back of the camera has been removed, including the battery. The picture above show both front and back removed, although I have since reattached the front (which allows me to use the makeshift focus ring), and it also works like this.

Yi camera problem investigations

I have now numbered each camera (just visible on the photo in the previous post), in the order they were purchased. Each camera has a different version of the firmware, and the later two are a different model to the first.

Camera 1 Wifi: YDXJ_2326644 SN: Z23A60252326644 FW: 1.2.13 Model: 23A
Camera 2 Wifi: YDXJ_3144435 SN: Z25L630ACN3144435 FW: 1.3.0 Model: 25L
Camera 3 Wifi: YDXJ_4476443 SN: Z25L640ACN4476443 FW: 1.4.8 Model: 25L

Using the found card model on the previous post, I noted each camera’s performance. Continue reading

Cyanotype room/camera – prints

The prints from the cyanotype room/camera models are recorded below. I preferred the print to have the window wall at the bottom, so that it connected directly with the shadows on the floor. Occasionally I exposed them the other way up. On the 20th April (when most of the tests were conducted) there was intermittent sun and cloud all day. This had the effect that the solid dark blue “shadows” of the sunlight are not continuous, rather each marks the time the sun emerged from behind clouds.

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