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Grasshopper:


--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on April 12, 2005, 02:01:04 am ---
 Gona have to say that Im not that thrilled at the translucency on the test sample.
Its almost opaque.   I was so hoping for a duplicate look to the leaf style traslucents.
 
  :'(




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I have to say I disagree. Those buttons look fine to me. Unless I'm missing something from the pictures, I really don't see why IL (or whoever shawnzilla went to) was so reluctant to send samples.

I've got two types of leaf button in my possession bought from different sources. The better ones (bought from Suzo) are made from a similar nylon type plastic as the Happ/IL microswitch buttons and they feel great. But I've also got some that I bought from Video Connection made of a brittle (but not translucent) plastic and these buttons are very noisy. I also suspect they are less durable although I've had no breakages so far.

I'd rather have slightly less translucency if it means the buttons are made of a sturdier less noisy plastic.

gl.tter:


--- Quote from: Grasshopper on April 12, 2005, 05:42:18 pm ---I have to say I disagree. Those buttons look fine to me. Unless I'm missing something from the pictures, I really don't see why IL (or whoever shawnzilla went to) was so reluctant to send samples.

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If you recall, they'd only produced the bezel, which as we can see isn't very translucent.

MrSaLTy:


--- Quote from: gl.tter on April 12, 2005, 05:44:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on April 12, 2005, 05:42:18 pm ---I have to say I disagree. Those buttons look fine to me. Unless I'm missing something from the pictures, I really don't see why IL (or whoever shawnzilla went to) was so reluctant to send samples.

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If you recall, they'd only produced the bezel, which as we can see isn't very translucent.

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True but then again it does not have a LED directly behind it to lite it up.  I bet that lights up ok with lighting behind it.  Just place a few 3mm LEDs under that part.  ;D

Or not.... they look cool to me.. Lets see a night shot!


whammoed:

Shawn, can you post a pic of a side by side comparison between the translucent blue button and a regular happ blue button both lit in the same way?  I'm not sure I see a benefit of the translucent over the regular.

shawnzilla:


--- Quote from: whammoed on April 12, 2005, 07:50:58 pm ---Shawn, can you post a pic of a side by side comparison between the translucent blue button and a regular happ blue button both lit in the same way?  I'm not sure I see a benefit of the translucent over the regular.  Here are a couple pictures of a regular happ button I lit with one led:

thanks!

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I will try to do that this week. As for a night shot, my camera keeps producing a blurry picture (I may need to set up a tripod to account for the long exposure time).

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