Camera and photographic

[Ross]

A sample of a small label on the back of a Nokia phone battery charger wherethe small lettering is less than 1 mm high.

 

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The photo was taken without flash just a desk lamp with a Panasonic DMC-FZ5 digital 5 megapixel camera setfor macro shots with the medium resolution JPEG photo setting and about 2X magnification. It still has the TIF settingto go which produces bigger files I don't hnow about the detail!

 

The resultant Jpeg photo was cropped down to about 1/9 th of its original size before posting to the forum. This camera has 12X optical zoom equivalent to a 35 mm SLR with 36 mm to 432 mm zoom lens. And it is out of date - the later models have higher resolution and also include anti shake feature as does this one. They have come a long way in the last couple of years.

 

Apologies - I just noticed the topic here is supposed to be daylight saving. So if a camera topic is started perhaps this post could be moved to it if an admin person has the time & thinks it is worth it! Otherwise delete this post.

 

Regards Ross

 

 

 

[pylon500]

From our flying point of view, one of the things we need to shoot sometimes is close-ups of damage.

 

I've only got an old Cannon A-75, which is a 3.2 megapixel camera, but with a bit of adjusting can get the shots I need.

 

Arthur.

 

 

 

[PaulN]

Hey Chris,

 

Promise us you won't try any macros of the runway while doing a fly-by!! That would be way too hard to solve the "Guess the Airstrip" pic.

 

Paul

 

 

[PaulN]

Just for the interest, here's a few low level pics I took of a fire break out just 25km SW of Cooma this arvo. Those fire bombers know their stuff.

 

Paul

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PaulN]

It's just a point and shoot Canon Powershot A95 (5MP).

 

 

[PaulN]

My eyes have difficulty focussing for macros, esp out in the daylight. Took this image on my desk with no flash, just the room's incandescent lamp (no copies please ).

 

Paul

 

 

 

[hihosland]

Wanted a camera for in flight use,

 

ideals

 

fast response digital

 

reasonably high pixel count;- to allow cropping rather than a need for poster sized prints

 

easily used left or right handed

 

easily used single handed

 

manual control options

 

any suggestions?

 

any other criteria that should be considered?

 

many thanks

 

Davidh

 

 

[PaulN]

Wanted a camera for in flight use, any suggestions?any other criteria that should be considered?

many thanks

 

Davidh

Look for a camera with a swivel mounted viewfinder ... very handy to have.

 

Paul

 

 

[Yenn]

I used to use a Fuji 3MP camera, but after 50 years of using good quality Twin and Single lens reflexes I couldn't put up with the screen for viewing and also the slow startup time, so I bit the bullet and bought a Nikon D50. I bought Nikon because I already have 2 film cameras and various lenses to suit that brand. It is very good with 18-55 and 70-300 zoom lenses and I don't use the old lenses because they are only marginally better focal length wise than the modern zooms.

 

A good friend of mine had to keep up with the Jones'es (me) so he bought a Pentax, very similar but it has image stabilisation built in. I don't know how good it is yet.

 

I find the only problem with mine is the reflections from in side the canopy, which a polarising filter will not completely remove and it is mainly a right handed operation. Easily worked one handed.

 

That same friend of mine has a very good Canon which has a 12x zoom and also takes videos, which a SLR cannot do

 

Ian Borg

 

 

[Ultralights]

 

Taken with just a 3.2MP Olympus 10 x optical and pretty good macro i think..

 

 

 

[hihosland]

Does any one use a remotely mounted camera and if so what brand/model and what control mechanism, cable release/ Infra red/ wireless? etc

 

just curious

 

Davidh

 

 

[Guest brentc]

Ultralights, see if you can take one of the small writing on the $10 with your macro. You should see words to the effect of "Sons of the mountains" etc.