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Poor Man's Command Lens
Since real command lenses cost around $150 per lens, I decided as a test to convert my GE lenses temporarily to command lenses using vinyl letters. Here's the amber lens showing it's caution command. 

If these turn out well, I think I might get a set of generic Kopp lenses off eBay and convert them to command lenses,  
Keywords: Traffic_Lights

Poor Man's Command Lens

Since real command lenses cost around $150 per lens, I decided as a test to convert my GE lenses temporarily to command lenses using vinyl letters. Here's the amber lens showing it's caution command.

If these turn out well, I think I might get a set of generic Kopp lenses off eBay and convert them to command lenses,

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Filename:COL_CIMG_0820.JPG
Album name:joe_347V / Traffic Lights
Keywords:Traffic_Lights
Company and Date Manufactured:Kopp Glass, 1950s-1960s
Model Number:TL-4655
Wattage:40w
Lamp Type:Incandescent
Filesize:93 KiB
Date added:Feb 05, 2013
Dimensions:800 x 533 pixels
Displayed:198 times
Color Space:sRGB
DateTime Original:2013:02:04 19:39:41
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Program:Unknown: 0
Exposure Time:1/1000 sec
FNumber:f/4.5
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:29 mm
ISO:100
Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS REBEL T3
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=14843
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streetlight98   [Feb 05, 2013 at 01:19 AM]
Nice! Your's are better than my attempts. I just used electrical tape lol. It worked, but the letters were jagged. Laughing
joe_347V   [Feb 05, 2013 at 01:29 AM]
Thanks! I just used vinyl letters from the dollar store. If you look closely you can see that my T and U was missing from the set and I used a upside down L with some extra vinyl to form the T and a H with some extra vinyl for the U. Laughing Razz
streetlight98   [Feb 05, 2013 at 02:15 AM]
i see it now. Razz Laughing

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