Oculus LVL1 2018

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General

Owner/Loaner: LVL1 Serial Number: camera: 35000766. lens: 1040000554 Make/Model: Nikon 1 J1, 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 lens Arrival Date: Usability: yes Contact: Brian Wagner Where: Main room, hanging between the double doors leading to storage and the first aid station

Note

This camera is for our Flickr and Facebook photostreams. The equipment for virtual reality projects is Oculus Rifts.

Photostream

Photos taken with this camera are automagically uploaded to our Flickr Photostream and Facebook page. Please leave the camera turned on after taking photos so the upload can take place. The files are transferred through the design computer (the one near the lasers with the really big monitor) so it has to be on too.

Taking Pictures

There are four modes on the camera, selected by the dial on the top right corner as you look at the back of the camera. Please use the Still Images mode -- it's the one that looks like a green camera. You may take movies with the Moving Images mode, but those do not get uploaded. You'll have to get them from the design computer under the C:\Users\LVL1\Dropbox\oculus folder.

There is a built-in flash on the camera. It pops up from the top left corner (as you look at the back of the camera) by sliding the release to the side.

Press the large red button on top half-way down and hold it to focus the camera. Press that button all the way down to take a picture.

Battery Rotation

The battery charger for this camera is on the wall next to the stairs that lead to the bathroom. The batteries are numbered. Please use them in order.

• If battery #1 is in the camera, battery #2 should be "on deck" (above the charger), and battery #3 should be in the charger.
  • When you put battery #1 in the charger, move battery #3 "on deck" and put battery #2 in the camera.
  • When you put battery #2 in the charger, move battery #1 "on deck" and put battery #3 in the camera.
  • When you put battery #3 in the charger, move battery #2 "on deck" and put battery #1 in the camera.

How to Change Batteries

Unlock the battery compartment on the bottom of the camera

Release the battery from the camera

Slide the low battery out of the camera. Slide the charged battery into the camera. Note that the label faces front.

Put the "On Deck" battery in the camera. Move the charged battery to the "On Deck" position. Put the low battery (that you just removed from the camera) in the charger.

• (Not pictured) Close and lock the battery compartment.

Uploads not working

In order for uploads to flickr and facebook to work, the following pieces must be in place.

• Eyefi x2 card must be in camera
• Camera must be left on and allowed to autosleep.
• Eyefi direct connect software must be running and paired on a computer. Software
• Eyefi must put the photos into a folder that is uploaded to dropbox (C:\users\lvl1\dropbox\oculus)
• Dropbox client must be set up and running on the same computer as eyefi manager.
• If this then that (ifttt.com) apps must be connected. Logins/api access must be working. Free tier takes up to an hour for anything to happen.

The accounts for iftt and dropbox are president@lvl1.org. A facebook page administrator account is needed to link iftt. Oculus@lvl1.org is needed for flickr.

If the pictures are showing up in the dropbox account, it may be necessary to manually connect/disconnect the iftt apps. It may also be necessary to reconnect the services. Iftt has extensive online help on how to accomplish these two steps. It may be necessary to de-archive the apps.