Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

[jimmbo]

100yds, what Focal Length Lens was used?

 

[WIMUSKY]

100yds, what Focal Length Lens was used?

My phone

 

[jimmbo]

My phone

I will try another approach. What Focal Length equivalent to a Lens used on 35mm/FF Camera was used? 100yds is a fair distance, and some sort of longer Focal Length Lens would be required to get a Deer's Head that large

 

[airshot]

Our resident doe taking a siesta. She's been around for years, never had kids. Took the Pic from inside the house. A good 100yds away....View attachment 413492

You need to hook her up with a local buck....play matchmaker !

 

[Mc Tool]

You need to hook her up with a local buck....play matchmaker !

hey ! you cant just assume its hetro ..... not now days , damn ! even assuming it identifies as a deer .

 

[redneck joe]

hey ! you cant just assume its hetro ..... not now days , damn ! even assuming it identifies as a deer .

Or maybe....a dear?


I'll show myself out...

 

[WIMUSKY]

I will try another approach. What Focal Length equivalent to a Lens used on 35mm/FF Camera was used? 100yds is a fair distance, and some sort of longer Focal Length Lens would be required to get a Deer's Head that large

Here ya go....

 

[jimmbo]

Close to a 600mm. Serious Telephoto, what the Lens at the Left will do




Thanks

 

[Mc Tool]

Close to a 600mm. Serious Telephoto, what the Lens at the Left will do

View attachment 413512


Thanks

Oooooh thats a big one Jimmbo , wouldnt get that in your pocket .
My Dad gave me all his photo crap, He used to develop his own pix .
I also got an Asahi Pentax spotmatic and a heap of lens and filters , I dont use them , as you can see you can get the same pic on your phone ( thats not the real reason I dont use them .....last time I did I tipped over the F-stop , hit my head on the aperture and fell into the depth of field ).
I never really been into photography .

 

[jimmbo]

Not as big as the Lens it replaced

 

[redneck joe]

So size does in fact matter.

 

[Mc Tool]

Not as big as the Lens it replaced

How would you mount something like that on a tripod ? Obviously not just the thread in the camera body .....do you have to support the end of the lens? Im thinkin that for long distance shots you would have to have it on some solid support just to stop movement .
I can see my heartbeat thru a 20x scope as the reticule jumps up and down on the target ( shooting prone ) so that I have to time my shot to heartbeat and breathing and thats off a bipod and iron sandbag under the butt , so Im guessing cameras would have similar issues if not supported .

 

[Scott Danforth]

My buddy used to be the manager of a bunch of Camera Corner stores in the Madison area. he is now retired, still single and photography is his hobby.

he has a huge lens he uses to photograph craters on the moon as well as objects really far away.. the thing is like 36" long and requires a servo driven tripod and it weighs over 30#. it has a bracket on the bottom of it that goes down to the tripod and the little camera just hangs on the lens.

granted, it can see a gnats nose hair at 3 miles, however its practicality is not there.

 

[Mc Tool]

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he has a huge lens he uses to photograph craters on the moon as well as objects really far away..

Ha ha ha , coz the moon is not really that far away , right .
Supporting the lens with the camera body just hanging off it makes good sense .
Photographing craters on the moon is amazing for the average Joe ( not you red neck ) , I mean I get that NASA could easilly do it .........like we have all seen just how skillful NASA is at taking photos that look like they are on the moon

 

[southkogs]

It's really funny - for all of the years that I've been shooting, even in aviation photography I never really used more than about a 300mm lens. And more often than not, I was shooting wide angle.

I've got all my old film gear, plus my new(er) digital gear. Kinda' have cameras everywhere.

 

[tphoyt]

My sister is a photo journalist and has some pretty fancy stuff that does really kool things.

 

[jimmbo]

How would you mount something like that on a tripod ? Obviously not just the thread in the camera body .....do you have to support the end of the lens? Im thinkin that for long distance shots you would have to have it on some solid support just to stop movement .
I can see my heartbeat thru a 20x scope as the reticule jumps up and down on the target ( shooting prone ) so that I have to time my shot to heartbeat and breathing and thats off a bipod and iron sandbag under the butt , so Im guessing cameras would have similar issues if not supported .

See that Bracket under the Lens? The Tripod would attach there in one of 2 Threaded Holes(to allow Camera Bodies of different Mass). You Never just hold the Camera, you cradle the Lens and the Camera hangs on the End. Of course you have your Right Hand on the Camera in order to adjust most settings, and activate the Autofocus and to take the Pic. The Lens shown has Vibration Reduction, and I was able to take a Pic indoors at 500mm, using 1/15 sec Shutterspeed and it was sharp(strands of Hair were sharp. Newer Camera often have Vibration Reduction built into the Body, and in the case of Nikon, it can piggyback the VR in the Lens(they work differently and on different types of motion. With the Newer Lens and Camera Body, I have shot at 600m, at 1/8 sec and Small Print is easy to read. Turn off the VR and it is all smeared

 

[jimmbo]

It's really funny - for all of the years that I've been shooting, even in aviation photography I never really used more than about a 300mm lens. And more often than not, I was shooting wide angle.

I've got all my old film gear, plus my new(er) digital gear. Kinda' have cameras everywhere.

I got my first 500mm back in 1982. It was a Catadioptric(Mirror). Fixed Aperture, and low Contrast. Light and compact, but not all that easy to hand hold

 

[Mc Tool]

You lost me at "adjustment " . I have my ( not very good ) phone and a digital Canon SLR and both are set to automatic everything , a 'PHD " camera ( press here dummy ). Gotta admit tho that there have been times when I wished I had a bit more distance .

 

[jimmbo]

Mainly Shutter Speed and Aperture, but Focus Point Selector, AF Initialization, ISO, as well as many other Settings can be accessed with the Right Hand.