UPDATE: Custom mode dial

[slartz]

I you have access to a Brother PT-9600 label printer (or similar), you can use the PC software that comes with it, import a JPEG file, and print it out. I designed my new dial on Illustrator, exported as JPEG and printed the label. Now look at this, and let me know how do you like it :-D

The label adheres very tightly, and doesn't seem to damage the finish of the dial. And I can still reprint as many as I want.

What the settings mean?

WLF: Wildlife, brids in flight, AF-C, center weighted, 1600th setting in shutter priority mode. Auto ISO with no top.

LND: Landscape or Tripod (Studio) work, IBIS off, manual mode, manual focus with magnification and peaking, manual flash control for external strobes. Manual ISO set at 160.

STR: Street Photography, Shutter priority at 1/400th, Matrix metering mode, AF-S, auto ISO with 3200 top. AF Beep and illuminator off.

And I still have one myset left

VERY COOL.

Too bad I don't have access to a label printer

 

[Martin Ocando]

I hope there could be a way I could send some labels to you. Don't you know somebody that will travel to Panama? There is a huge Jewish community here. My wife used to teach in the largest school here, but not anymore. She might know someone that travels to Israel on a regular basis.

 

[Betarover]

I downloaded your image of the various designs and put one into Photoshop. Using Photoshop it is easy to modify your design by painting over the unwanted letters or numbers and replacing them using the type (lettering) tool. The new letters or numbers can be free rotated to align properly.

The result can be printed and covered with that really tough waterproof clear shipping tape. Then cut out the circle. What I have not figured out is a good way to attach it to the mode dial. Glue is too permanent. I wonder if a small piece of Saran wrap would work, extending down the side of the mode dial and then held to the side of the dial with a few wraps of black electrical tape.

Suggestions are welcome.

 

[Guy Parsons]

I downloaded your image of the various designs and put one into Photoshop. Using Photoshop it is easy to modify your design by painting over the unwanted letters or numbers and replacing them using the type (lettering) tool. The new letters or numbers can be free rotated to align properly.

The result can be printed and covered with that really tough waterproof clear shipping tape. Then cut out the circle. What I have not figured out is a good way to attach it to the mode dial. Glue is too permanent. I wonder if a small piece of Saran wrap would work, extending down the side of the mode dial and then held to the side of the dial with a few wraps of black electrical tape.

Suggestions are welcome.

My thoughts are for thin double-sided sticky tape, or a product that I've used for more than 10 years to make stick-on labels for my camera club print display stands - Jac Paper or Jac Film is what an art supply or scrapbookers or craft shop will recognise.

It is an adhesive film supplied with peel-off paper both sides. Peel off one side and stick it to the custom label, then peel off the other side and stick to the dial top or wherever. It seems to be sold in as small as A4 size sheets, I usually buy something like A1 or A0(?) size as I use so much of it. Never roll or fold it, keep it flat!

An Aussie reference https://www.eckersleys.com.au/products/jac-adhesive-double-sided-sheet

In my case I chopped some Brother PT Labeller plastic tape into tiny pieces of mostly triangular shape to make my rough one as seen above somewhere. http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/55613112 and that will do fine until I get my Brother tape printer that attaches to the PC and prints anything I like up to 24mm wide.

My previous label effort was rougher still but disappeared when the E-P5 went in for warranty fix of the front & rear dials, they replaced the top board and I lost the mode dial at the same time.

My thought bubble problem now is how to cut the printed label to a perfect circle for the dial to keep it neat. Maybe careful work with scissors or a suitable 16mm (?) punch might be the answer. Otherwise an expensive Brother scanner/cutter would do a nice job http://brother.com.au/products/scanncut and I'm sure that I would find more use for it. My wife would love it to cut small pieces for quilting and patchwork.......

Regards....... Guy

 

[Martin Ocando]

I downloaded your image of the various designs and put one into Photoshop. Using Photoshop it is easy to modify your design by painting over the unwanted letters or numbers and replacing them using the type (lettering) tool. The new letters or numbers can be free rotated to align properly.

The result can be printed and covered with that really tough waterproof clear shipping tape. Then cut out the circle. What I have not figured out is a good way to attach it to the mode dial. Glue is too permanent. I wonder if a small piece of Saran wrap would work, extending down the side of the mode dial and then held to the side of the dial with a few wraps of black electrical tape.

Suggestions are welcome.

My thoughts are for thin double-sided sticky tape, or a product that I've used for more than 10 years to make stick-on labels for my camera club print display stands - Jac Paper or Jac Film is what an art supply or scrapbookers or craft shop will recognise.

It is an adhesive film supplied with peel-off paper both sides. Peel off one side and stick it to the custom label, then peel off the other side and stick to the dial top or wherever. It seems to be sold in as small as A4 size sheets, I usually buy something like A1 or A0(?) size as I use so much of it. Never roll or fold it, keep it flat!

An Aussie reference https://www.eckersleys.com.au/products/jac-adhesive-double-sided-sheet

In my case I chopped some Brother PT Labeller plastic tape into tiny pieces of mostly triangular shape to make my rough one as seen above somewhere. http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/55613112 and that will do fine until I get my Brother tape printer that attaches to the PC and prints anything I like up to 24mm wide.

My previous label effort was rougher still but disappeared when the E-P5 went in for warranty fix of the front & rear dials, they replaced the top board and I lost the mode dial at the same time.

My thought bubble problem now is how to cut the printed label to a perfect circle for the dial to keep it neat. Maybe careful work with scissors or a suitable 16mm (?) punch might be the answer. Otherwise an expensive Brother scanner/cutter would do a nice job http://brother.com.au/products/scanncut and I'm sure that I would find more use for it. My wife would love it to cut small pieces for quilting and patchwork.......

Regards....... Guy

No problem for me cutting the disk. Just use a small sharp scissors. I used my Swiss army knife scissor which is fairly small, and precise.

 

[Martin Ocando]

I downloaded your image of the various designs and put one into Photoshop. Using Photoshop it is easy to modify your design by painting over the unwanted letters or numbers and replacing them using the type (lettering) tool. The new letters or numbers can be free rotated to align properly.

The result can be printed and covered with that really tough waterproof clear shipping tape. Then cut out the circle. What I have not figured out is a good way to attach it to the mode dial. Glue is too permanent. I wonder if a small piece of Saran wrap would work, extending down the side of the mode dial and then held to the side of the dial with a few wraps of black electrical tape.

Suggestions are welcome.

Well, using Illustrator is as easy to modify as Photoshop.

Anyhow, the Brother label printer way seems to be the easiest and less intrusive, since the label leaves no trace on the dial when removed, and is much easier to print and adhere.

If you want to print it on something else, I'd advise to use clear double sided tape, although some of those can be pretty strong, so I'm afraid it might damage the dial.

 

[Guy Parsons]

My Brother P700 printer has arrived and it sure is a neat gadget. This model prints up to 24mm wide tapes, even does print a pretty neat little B&W image from a photo. Cost me about Oz$98 and should be cheaper in USA.

No time right now to play further, also need to order a variety of tape colours, initial sample tape is black print on white and I need white print on black.

My time is still 100% occupied with making that darn photo book, but soon that agony will be over and I can play with dial top making.

Regards...... Guy

 

[Martin Ocando]

My Brother P700 printer has arrived and it sure is a neat gadget. This model prints up to 24mm wide tapes, even does print a pretty neat little B&W image from a photo. Cost me about Oz$98 and should be cheaper in USA.

No time right now to play further, also need to order a variety of tape colours, initial sample tape is black print on white and I need white print on black.

My time is still 100% occupied with making that darn photo book, but soon that agony will be over and I can play with dial top making.

Regards...... Guy

Great news, Guy. Looking forward to those white print on black dials. I might have to order a couple tapes if that turns out better than what I already have.

 

[Guy Parsons]

Great news, Guy. Looking forward to those white print on black dials. I might have to order a couple tapes if that turns out better than what I already have.

Just now measured last night's "selfie" that I printed and it seems that the P700 on 24mm tape can print to a whisker over 17mm so the 16mm(?) dial tops are feasible.

The black on white tapes can do nice images, here's scan of my rough first print attempt of my face extracted from a random selfie....



On my screen that is maybe 5% bigger than the image on the tape.



And here's how it scans at 1200 dpi.........





That was just a small colour crop from a holiday photo, then the Brother edit program "auto fix" or whatever they call it to make it B&W and better suited to print in that dotty form.

Looks promising, I could even put my face in the centre of the dial top to "personalise" the camera, or maybe put Micky Mouse in there.

Anyway, still battling that big photo book so no time to play with the label printer right now.

Regards.... Guy

 

[berni29]

Hi

I tried to print a dial off today on an injket, but failed miserably, though on screen the graphics look good.

 

[Martin Ocando]

Hi

I tried to print a dial off today on an injket, but failed miserably, though on screen the graphics look good.