PBS Aperture Priority Keycap Set Review

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Yes, it is a keycap set for camera enthusiasts like me.

I have the impression that many people who like keyboards are also into camera swamps, but what about you?

The PBS Aperture Priority Keycap Set is a keycap set featuring a camera.

Designed by Akukolabs (designer Timothy from England).

The PBS profile planned by Cannonkeys is used and manufactured by Keyreative.

This article reviews the PBS Aperture Priority Keycap Set.

This set of keycaps was provided by Keyreative for promotional purposes.

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PBS Aperture Priority Keycap Set Overview

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PBS Aperture Priority Keycap Set Review

Let’s take a look at the PBS Aperture Priority Keycap Set using actual photos.

This is the kind of packaging.

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The combination of the retro yellow exterior and black letters is reminiscent of film packaging.

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To make it easy to open, there is a semi-circular depression at the top.

And really, this packaging is excellent.

At a glance, you can tell it’s a camera-like keycap set.

The keycap case is of the stacked type, and the words “CANNONKEYS” can be read on the package.

Keyreative is in charge of manufacturing.

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The key tray is divided into three tiers, each containing a different type of key, such as alpha-based, mod, and numpad.

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Alpha Kit.

The square font, which seems to match the rectangle of the viewfinder, is impressive, and the yellow and green print accents are in very good taste.

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As for the PBS series, sublimation printing using PBT material is used.

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There are also two types of ISO Enter.

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This is more of an enter key for layouts used in the UK.
The keytop printing itself is different for Japanese layouts.

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Trays centered around the MOD key.

A series of icons that make the camera early, such as the flash symbol (lightning symbol) and illuminance (sunny symbol).

It is also interesting to note that the horizontal keycap is an exposure meter with respect to the horizontal keycap.

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Numpad trays.

The green coloring is very good.

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As for the profile, it is a “flat profile” with no difference in slope from row to row, indicating a spherical design with a depression toward the center.

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If you look closely, you can see that the cylindrical shape is more horizontal than vertical.
Perhaps this is the secret of the ease of typing.
Keycaps with such a low overall height are hard to find.

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On the other hand, it is interesting to note the cylindrical shape with respect to the long horizontal keys.

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Another difference from the norm is that many of the mod keys, especially those used on the bottom row, have a convex shape.

The fact that sublimation printing is applied to the convex without any problems is another example of Keyreative’s high level of technical skill.

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Let’s look at each keycap individually.

The key tops are quite tightly sloped, but sublimation printing is applied without blotches.

Each color is well defined and crisp.

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The back of the keycap is white.

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In other words, the base color of the PBS profile is “white” and sublimation printing is applied to it to produce this tint.

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This technology is called 5-sided sublimation printing.
The material itself is so beautiful that it is misidentified as black.
This is great.

Let’s take a look at a picture of the actual keyboard.

We adopted cocot38mini for this project.

KEYGEEK × MZ Y3 was chosen as the keyswitch.

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The artisan keycap in the center is personal property.

This is a highly satisfying keyboard.

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Summary|Keyboard enthusiasts who like cameras should not miss it.

This is a review of the PBS Aperture Priority Keycap Set.

Various variations of the PBS Profile Keycap series have appeared since the earlier release of “PBS Blanks.

After all, 5-sided sublimation printing technology is low-cost and offers a high degree of freedom in creation, which is why we are able to release such an impressive set of keycaps.

Among them, we evaluated PBS Aperture Priority as a very complete keycap set with a lot of originality.

If you are interested, please give it a try.

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Ryosuke Kawamura is the Editor-in-Chief of Greenkeys and the founder of GreenEchoes Studio.

He covers mechanical keyboards, custom keyboards, and input devices through reviews, interviews, hands-on testing, photography, and editorial work. He has reviewed more than 100 products and regularly reports on JIS-layout compatibility and trends in the Japanese keyboard market.

He also founded the Japan Layout Alliance (JLA), an industry collaboration initiative aimed at improving compatibility for Japanese-layout keyboards.

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