Casually using an amazing photo for a meme 👍
Shit. My ADHD brain doesn’t need another expensive hobby to hyperfixate on.
Can you afford to not get into photography, though?
Dont spend money on fancy new cameras, chances are the camera in your phone is already better than 90% of all cameras in history. Don’t drop a dime on equipment until you’ve hit the limits of the hardware you already have.
The picture above isn’t a picture of what an expensive camera can do - it’s a picture of what a good photographer can do, enhanced by specialty equipment. In the hands of a novice the equipment cannot produce pictures like this.
Phone cameras are good, yes, but their lenses are not. Even a cheap, used camera is better.
Phone cameras are great. Their compatibility with telephoto lenses is what sets them back.
I did the math for another post and if I remember right the best telephoto lens built into a very recent phone camera has equivalency to around 120mm (anything else is just digital zoom and sometimes AI enhance).
It’s a relatively new gimmick, and it can do wildlife photography from afar (I got some good full body shots of deer recently), but it’s not quite as good as 600mm or the 1000mm from the other post.
Yes, but there’s so much more to compositing a good shot than just focal length. I’m recommending to a new hobbyist to walk before they run. Framing, lighting, perspective - a cheap phone from 2019 off eBay is still better than what your grandparents had, and is better than cameras from 99% of human history.
a cheap phone today is better than a digital camera from 15-20 years ago. but neither can stand up to analogue cameras that use film. we can extract 4k video from footage shot on film in the 80’s (any film footage really, but i mention 80’s because the music video for Last Christmas available on youtube in 4k is a wonderful example)
dammit i just got whammed
how is it physically possible to fit a 120mm lens into a phone?
Like a periscope. It’s actually pretty cool.
SourceI said equivalency, so I don’t think that’s quite literal. That said, it does stick out a bit and is sunken into the phone itself by about a cm.
I’m not really sure how they get the rest of the way.
600 mm lens for my camera costs as much as my whole year’s salary🫠
And it weighs more than 3 kg. No way I’m carrying that on a hike.
No way I’m carrying that on a hike.
Not with that attitude you won’t. Where’s that “can do” sipirit, buckaroo?
That’s what the harness is for.
Harness isn’t going to give me increased stamina🤔
It’s not even that much of a sacrifice. There are some modern 600s that weigh less than what a typical 70-200/2.8 does. Granted, they’re on the darker side, but if you have the light (supposedly you will during a hike), you don’t always need an f/4.
I like the content, but seriously I’m baffled as to how this is a science meme?
I would assume because it’s related to educating someone about why optical lenses can give an incredible amount of detail that digital just can’t compete with. But that’s just a guess and that might not even be enough for this forum
Also, because posts like this drive really informative comment sections like this thread. I promise there’s a method to the madness.
What does it say, when it sneezes?
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beautiful 🤌
Today’s risky click is presented by GreatTitEnthusiast 👀
Hey, I’m just hear because I heard climate change is threatening Great Tits
You can also see them directly, with your own eyes
Laughs in micro fourthirds.
Listen buddy, I spent a lot of money on my full frame, and a lot of muscle lugging it around, so I’d appreciate it if you could keep your superior sensor to yourself.
