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this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2025
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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
Pika is a real animal?
Gen 1 pokemon really are just funny colored real animals.
“Ekans” is just “Snake” spelled backwards.
“Muk” is just…oh, oh god
Pika is pronounced "pie-kuh" generally. Pikachu comes from pika pika (japanese onomatopoeia for "sparking/sparkling" usually with the connotation of clean) + chuu (sound a mouse makes/squeak).
Actually it comes from pika(-tto), the onomatopoeia for a lightning strike.
Bigger lens is better for wildlife photography and long distance shot. Animals scurry away when you try to get close, so it's best to take a picture from the distance.
Casually using an amazing photo for a meme 👍
A top-shelf flex.
Shit. My ADHD brain doesn't need another expensive hobby to hyperfixate on.
Wanna buy my setup? My hyperfixation ended.
Edit: but for real, we should introduce a ADHD-sharing network. My old fixation could be yours and vice versa. And I could tell you everything I learned, which is a lot!
That's a great idea for a store front. And great for buying for those people that are hard to buy for, cause they have to figure out how the whole collection works lol
Look for a creative reuse store for the art and craft version of this! I’ve got so much art shit on the cheap. So at least it’s less expensive for it to sit in the drawer 🥲
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.
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.
Phone cameras are great. Their compatibility with telephoto lenses is what sets them back.
They make telephoto lenses for phone case now
Sucky ones.
I get the point but there is no way my phone camera can capture the mountains reflected on the eyes of any animal even on full daylight
Phone cameras are good, yes, but their lenses are not. Even a cheap, used camera is better.
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?
Can you afford to not get into photography, though?
When you stare into pica, pica stares into you. Also sprach Zarathustra.
What does it say, when it sneezes?
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Pi
Ka
Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
beautiful 🤌
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