Ross Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 A sample of a small label on the back of a Nokia phone battery charger wherethe small lettering is less than 1 mm high. [ATTACH]445[/ATTACH] 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 And it is out of date - the later models have higher resolution and also include anti shake feature as does this one.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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon500 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulN Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulN Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulN Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 It's just a point and shoot Canon Powershot A95 (5MP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulN Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulN Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Taken with just a 3.2MP Olympus 10 x optical and pretty good macro i think.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brentc Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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