Keycap & Keyboard Photography

[orpheo]

older brother, still made by GMK
Don't mind the ugly black keyset.

[xtrafrood]

older brother, still made by GMK
Don't mind the ugly black keyset.

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* stutters for a bit..

Whoa, that is a beast! What is it? How does it work? What is that screen? Why am I asking so many questions?

[yuktsi]

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tgr cl?

So nice. I don't want my pink Jane anymore.  :p

[HoffmanMyster]

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Nice!  How does this one connect?  My older WEY board requires a converter / some sort of logic device that I don't have.

[DALExSNAIL]

older brother, still made by GMK
Don't mind the ugly black keyset.

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gib

[alienman82]

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[romevi]

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Whoa!  :eek:

[orpheo]

Yes it is working! I got the cable, the PSU and the Wey modular box IV with it. It works with up to 3 pc in ps/2 just by pressing the ws keys, or 1 ps/2 PC and 2 USB PC. I figure out how to configure it but I still need some trial and error because I don't understand 1% of the configuration option inside the keyboard!
The 3 PCs switching limit is only due because I don't have a SUN machine, neither a Reuter nor a Bloomberg workstation! And also because it seems the Modular IV is an old unit. The Modular V seem to support like 9 PCs on USB!

I had a hard time to make it work on USB though. I figure out how to make it work on PS/2 pretty easily but by tweaking little by little the keyboard setting I finaly succeeded in making work through USB.

The cable is connected with a big 13 way cable to the modular box, then you connect the PCs to the modular box with PS/2 cables, USB cables, SUN cables and other unkown interface.
It is like a smart KVM switching box.

There are plenty of jumpers inside the modular box to change some option but I **** don't understand how to set them!

The keyboard is very cool, and I would love to figure out how to configure the macro keys on the LCD and to use them! It would be so cool to use that in Sony Vegas or Lightroom!

This keyboard with the 3 big VGA LCDs is a MK06, and the other one is a HK2000b.
They work the same.

The thing is I can configure macro, naming the label and everything, but I don't know to to display and use those macro!

[orpheo]

Actually I prefer the HK2000b because of the function windowed keys, and the leds underneath are RGB! It is so cool to use it to configure the keyboard, they light up orange, when you validate a setting they light up green, and when an option in unavailable it ligths up red. Very very cool.

[alienman82]

removed.

[HPE1000]

Wow that is the first time I have seen one of those boards working, looks amazing 

[orpheo]

Thanks a lot! Actually I took kind of a gamble. There were for sale without stating working or not. But they came with cables, PSU and the modular box. So I figure out I could make it work! Truth is I couldn't make it work! I didn't know how to configure the keyboard! But by trying every key combination I figured it out!

The boards are made for Wey Switzerland by GMK in Germany. The keycaps are doubleshots ABS Cherry profile with some pad printed. The switches are Cherry clears and are very nice I think.

[dgneo]

[Crapbag]

Thanks a lot! Actually I took kind of a gamble. There were for sale without stating working or not. But they came with cables, PSU and the modular box. So I figure out I could make it work! Truth is I couldn't make it work! I didn't know how to configure the keyboard! But by trying every key combination I figured it out!

The boards are made for Wey Switzerland by GMK in Germany. The keycaps are doubleshots ABS Cherry profile with some pad printed. The switches are Cherry clears and are very nice I think.

What was the secret?

[alienman82]

removed.

[ba7777]

Thanks a lot! Actually I took kind of a gamble. There were for sale without stating working or not. But they came with cables, PSU and the modular box. So I figure out I could make it work! Truth is I couldn't make it work! I didn't know how to configure the keyboard! But by trying every key combination I figured it out!

The boards are made for Wey Switzerland by GMK in Germany. The keycaps are doubleshots ABS Cherry profile with some pad printed. The switches are Cherry clears and are very nice I think.

What was the secret?

A dedicated thread for this would be really nice.  I would love to know the details.

Me too, thanks in advance.

[zslane]

A wonderful refutation of the "shrinking desktop" phenomenon.

[xtrafrood]

Thanks a lot! Actually I took kind of a gamble. There were for sale without stating working or not. But they came with cables, PSU and the modular box. So I figure out I could make it work! Truth is I couldn't make it work! I didn't know how to configure the keyboard! But by trying every key combination I figured it out!

The boards are made for Wey Switzerland by GMK in Germany. The keycaps are doubleshots ABS Cherry profile with some pad printed. The switches are Cherry clears and are very nice I think.

What was the secret?

A dedicated thread for this would be really nice.  I would love to know the details.

Me too, thanks in advance.

I would like to read about it as well

[HoffmanMyster]

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This is beautiful.  :O  Great caps and awesome photo.

[Bromono]

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Actually I prefer the HK2000b because of the function windowed keys, and the leds underneath are RGB! It is so cool to use it to configure the keyboard, they light up orange, when you validate a setting they light up green, and when an option in unavailable it ligths up red. Very very cool.

Your lighting an angle reminds me of madhias's photography

What camera / lens are you using?

[UsualSuspectXXX]

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Actually I prefer the HK2000b because of the function windowed keys, and the leds underneath are RGB! It is so cool to use it to configure the keyboard, they light up orange, when you validate a setting they light up green, and when an option in unavailable it ligths up red. Very very cool.

Holy ****. That's awesome!

[orpheo]

Guys I will do a proper thread about the Weys and probably a video showing the config.
As for the photo I use either GH4 with nocticron and 15mm summilux or Pentax K1 and FA*85mm f1.4, FA35mm f2.0 and FA*24mm f2.0.
I used a grey card for white balance.
Cheers!

[iamtootallforthis]

[mrboovn]

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nice collection bro  :thumb:

[ghostjuggernaut]

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Hey.  Nice pic man!

[iamtootallforthis]

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nice collection bro  :thumb:

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Hey.  Nice pic man!

Thanks guys! I love these caps.

[dustinhxc]

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 : D So awesome dude !!!

[iamtootallforthis]

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 : D So awesome dude !!!

Thanks man!

[Suembeaux]

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I don't think I've ever seen this much KWK in a single picture. Very cool!

[iamtootallforthis]

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I don't think I've ever seen this much KWK in a single picture. Very cool!

My collection is dwarfed by some others but thanks!

[funderburker]

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That's quite a Mummy treatment you got there. Now I'm really sad again I didn't get the chance to purchase any of KWK Mummy III's. Maybe some day... Love the sleeve, btw. Big props to switchnollie. ;)

[iamtootallforthis]

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That's quite a Mummy treatment you got there. Now I'm really sad again I didn't get the chance to purchase any of KWK Mummy III's. Maybe some day... Love the sleeve, btw. Big props to switchnollie. ;)

Thanks and I actually didn't get the chance to buy any Mummy 3's either. I had to trade to get both of mine. Yeah switchnollie does great work! I am really happy to have a sleeve by him.

[Zeal]

Halloween themed Zeal60 build~

Pumpkin theme!




Backlit spacebar stabilizers are going to be the next big thing


Actual purple underglow effect. Usually UV purple LEDs are very dim, this came out nicely.

[Puddsy]

Halloween themed Zeal60 build~

Pumpkin theme!

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Backlit spacebar stabilizers are going to be the next big thing

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Actual purple underglow effect. Usually UV purple LEDs are very dim, this came out nicely.

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What keyset is that?

Is that the new JTK?

[Zeal]

Halloween themed Zeal60 build~

Pumpkin theme!

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Backlit spacebar stabilizers are going to be the next big thing

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Actual purple underglow effect. Usually UV purple LEDs are very dim, this came out nicely.

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What keyset is that?

Is that the new JTK?

GMK Skidata+

[Puddsy]

Halloween themed Zeal60 build~

Pumpkin theme!

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Backlit spacebar stabilizers are going to be the next big thing

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Actual purple underglow effect. Usually UV purple LEDs are very dim, this came out nicely.

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What keyset is that?

Is that the new JTK?

GMK Skidata+

Huh, I forgot that it came with orange mods.

[alienman82]

removed.

[romevi]

Halloween themed Zeal60 build~

Pumpkin theme!

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Backlit spacebar stabilizers are going to be the next big thing

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Actual purple underglow effect. Usually UV purple LEDs are very dim, this came out nicely.

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What keyset is that?

Is that the new JTK?

GMK Skidata+

Huh, I forgot that it came with orange mods.

The orange mods were a separate kit from that GB.

[JaccoW]

Weaven with LeandreN GON Nerd60 pcb.

I have a close up as well but I decided to clean away some fingerprints with a towel before the shot.
Now there is lint everywhere on the edges of the carbon fibre plate.

[zslane]

What are the benefits of a carbon fiber base plate?

[xtrafrood]

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Weaven with LeandreN GON Nerd60 pcb.

I have a close up as well but I decided to clean away some fingerprints with a towel before the shot.
Now there is lint everywhere on the edges of the carbon fibre plate.

Love the orange & blue

[JaccoW]

What are the benefits of a carbon fiber base plate?

You would have to ask people who have actually typed on one for the typing experience. Supposedly it adds the stiffness of steel, an even lighter weight than aluminum and some extra dampening to a keyboard.
But perhaps others can weigh in here.

For me it makes an already lightweight board even lighter and better for work/travel.
My current work board is an FC660M with bitumen mats inside for extra dampening and that one weighs about 872 grams.
Not that I expect this to be MUCH lighter but the extra bling and programmability is nice.

Love the orange & blue

Thanks. I thought it would look great but it is even better in person.

Almost makes me want to run a GB for a keyset in these colors.

[zslane]

I like the idea of damping qualities similar to plastic, with strength qualities similar to steel. The weight issue doesn't concern me since I don't carry my keyboards around with me, and even if I did, the weight of my Pok3rs with their aluminum bodies and metal plates doesn't bother me. In fact, I like keyboards to have some heft to them; the weight conveys a feeling of higher quality and more solid construction.

But I don't deny that the two-tone blue/orange Weaven board looks to have top-notch construction.

[UsualSuspectXXX]

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Weaven with LeandreN GON Nerd60 pcb.

I have a close up as well but I decided to clean away some fingerprints with a towel before the shot.
Now there is lint everywhere on the edges of the carbon fibre plate.

It looks beautiful. Now build it already!

[JaccoW]

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Weaven with LeandreN GON Nerd60 pcb.

I have a close up as well but I decided to clean away some fingerprints with a towel before the shot.
Now there is lint everywhere on the edges of the carbon fibre plate.

It looks beautiful. Now build it already!

Waiting for Zeal stabilizers. And I need to find my pack of Zealios first!

[UsualSuspectXXX]

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Weaven with LeandreN GON Nerd60 pcb.

I have a close up as well but I decided to clean away some fingerprints with a towel before the shot.
Now there is lint everywhere on the edges of the carbon fibre plate.

It looks beautiful. Now build it already!

Waiting for Zeal stabilizers. And I need to find my pack of Zealios first!

Haha, nice. Still waiting on my Lustro to ship.

[ntw]

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Actually I prefer the HK2000b because of the function windowed keys, and the leds underneath are RGB! It is so cool to use it to configure the keyboard, they light up orange, when you validate a setting they light up green, and when an option in unavailable it ligths up red. Very very cool.

the mouse and ?joystick look really good with the keyboard.  One of the better setups I've seen on this forum.

took me quite some time - http://www.3dconnexion.eu/products/spacemouse/spacemousepro.html

[orpheo]

Yeah if you do 3D software they are the real deal and makes manipulating 3D object so natural.


Always use a grey card!

[alienman82]

removed.

[orpheo]

Yeah, I am getting an old G80 3000 pcb to replace those MY, I will try to put the metal plate of the MY with the MX PCB. One advantage of the MY is that the case is rigid thanks to the metal plate. I have cherry clears with diodes that I like very much as is. Maybe I will try to replace with lighter springs, but stock I really like the typing with clears.