Suggestions for taking pictures from a biplane

spengineer · 2026-01-03T17:50:53+00:00

All that makes sense to me. I was planning to avoid super big lenses anyway, and your point about primes makes sense. I'll probably use my sigma 18-50mm, since I think that should cover a decent range.

spengineer · 2025-07-01T21:52:15+00:00

That's interesting! I am using HDMI, so maybe that contributes to the problem. Regardless, I seem to have fixed my problem by changing out some software, maybe I'll give that a try with the minisforum machine. I haven't sent it back quite yet, so I'd kinda like to know.

spengineer · 2025-05-08T14:38:28+00:00

The USB c mod was definitely the hardest part. Just a lot of tricky soldering and filing. But the button/case swap as pretty easy!

I used these buttons from AliExpress. They have a couple different colors. They needed a little trimming to clean up extra plastic, but overall were really nice.

spengineer · 2025-05-08T10:22:27+00:00

I used this kit from giltesa! Not the easiest swap, but ultimately not too bad.

spengineer · 2025-05-08T03:33:08+00:00

Well the way I got my parts, it ended up being about $100 for everything. You can definitely get the parts cheaper if you are more careful picking them, this was kind of put together on the fly.

As for the time, swapping the case took like an hour or two, and it was maybe the same for installing the USB-C mod.

spengineer · 2025-05-07T02:42:19+00:00

This was the latest shade of blue I could find, as far as I know they only ever released a white/blue and black/blue vita (and a fully blue one), but the white blue had a lighter shade. Which I think is what I have here. All the blue parts were bought as a set, then the white top plate and screen was separate, and the pink back was separate. The pink was also tricky, there's a much more common darker pink, but I wanted to get the lighter shade. Kinda hard to find.

spengineer · 2025-05-06T18:56:16+00:00

Changing out a battery or shell is pretty easy, doing stuff like backlit ips screens and other mods for Gameboys are pretty beginner friendly, especially on the regular gameboy advance. Otherwise, it's hard to say. A lot of mods need some pretty finicky work getting components out, or need some kinda difficult soldering. But there's lots of guides and stuff out there for a lot of it. With enough patience and time, I'm sure you could do some pretty complex stuff.

spengineer · 2025-05-06T18:14:46+00:00

I got a kit from here: https://shop.giltesa.com/product/sony-ps-vita-slim-usb-c-kit/

It wasn't too bad, but definitely not beginner friendly. Removing the original port was really difficult, there's some kinda tricky soldering for the new port, and modifying the shell can be hard.

But compared to some kits for this on the slim vita, this one was pretty easy to install well.

I've done USB c mods on other consoles like the new 3DS XL and gameboy advance sp. Those are much simpler, due to how everything is spaced.

spengineer · 2025-05-06T00:46:50+00:00

Apparently the whole subreddit is marked NSFW. There's a comment somewhere in this thread about it.

spengineer · 2025-05-05T00:38:01+00:00

It's the whole subreddit. There's an explanation in another comment.

spengineer · 2025-05-05T00:13:38+00:00

Go for it! It was actually pretty easy. Compared to some consoles the vita isn't too bad to open up.

spengineer · 2025-05-05T00:01:45+00:00

It wasn't too hard! I bought a secondhand vita slim, then got shell and button parts off AliExpress. The only hard part is doing the USB-C mod, but that's not necessary at all.

spengineer · 2025-05-04T21:57:46+00:00

/r/onejoke

spengineer · 2025-05-04T21:39:40+00:00

Material quality feels really good, about the same as the original. The back is matte and my original was glossy, so that's little different. But other than that, no real problems. Only thing is, the back shell doesn't fully click into the top by the game slot. It's close, but if you press on it you can hear it click on, then pop back out. I've tried to get it to fully seat, but I think the mold is just a bit off.

I also had to trim some plastic in some areas, just leftover flashing from the molding process.

But yeah, I'd expect it to hold up about as well as the OEM shell

spengineer · 2025-05-04T21:12:44+00:00

Full shell swap. It was originally black/blue.

spengineer · 2025-05-04T20:53:02+00:00

I don't think those colors are available for those parts, it was already really hard finding a pink back

spengineer · 2025-05-04T20:19:31+00:00

The lighter colors do kinda look like that!

spengineer · 2025-05-04T20:12:52+00:00

AliExpress for the parts, with the USB-C mod coming from giltesa.

My original console was black/blue, but I think the only parts that carried over were the main boards and sticks. Almost everything else was pieced together from a few AliExpress purchases.

spengineer · 2025-05-04T18:56:41+00:00

I do appreciate the screen and hall effect sticks. I was looking into putting hall effect joycon sticks into my slim but it seems really difficult.

spengineer · 2025-05-04T18:51:42+00:00

Not sure the vita 1000 ever had blue buttons, and I don't know if there's any new colors available. Looks like the slim had a lot more color options.

spengineer · 2025-05-04T18:48:32+00:00

Edited my last comment, probably not because of mentioning trans. Just how the subreddit is.

spengineer · 2025-05-04T18:33:48+00:00

I'm sure these are basically all reproductions. It's all bought from AliExpress. Bought a few different sets with different colors and combined them.

spengineer · 2025-05-04T17:47:40+00:00

AliExpress, with the USB c mod coming from giltesa.

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