Why 600mm? Because sometimes you need really good photos of squirrels.
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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.
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.
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Voltorb, Muk, Magnemite, and Mr Mime would all like a word with you. Jynx, however, doesn't mind.
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Mountains in the eye of a trailside pika, ...
moments lost, like tears in rain
good bye
now I gotta watch blade runner again dammit! RIP Rutger Olsen Hauer for that performance god DAMN!
Eating seeds as a pastime activity
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!
Genuinely, what do you have and what would you possibly be looking to get for it if you were interested in selling it? I've got a EF mount Tamron 150-600 contemporary but it's a little slow.
EF ... I think sigma 120-400, but sluggish as well.
I wasn't able to convince myself to get on the proper Canon one.
That's fair, yeah, it's still a good bit of glass but definitely not L glass for the snappy AF and monstrous front element that just eats light for breakfast.
And I'm not trying to capture a cheetah chasing a motorcycle so I don't think I need the extreme fast AF.
I'm super into this idea. It's got stuff! It's got sharing! It's got socializing! Seriously, what a rad idea
it's craigslist ;)
Let's get hyper fixated on this idea and make it a ... oh, I could start another hobby?
Can we get someone who can focus for longer than a week for project lead?
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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 great. Their compatibility with telephoto lenses is what sets them back.
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Wildlife photography really is mostly about the equipment though. And waiting/being in the right place obviously. But I can tell you from experience, a novice can absolutely produce pictures like this with the right equipment.
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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.
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When you stare into pica, pica stares into you. Also sprach Zarathustra.
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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
Also, because posts like this drive really informative comment sections like this thread. I promise there's a method to the madness.
What's a digital lens exactly?.. The only thing I can think of are in some point& shoot cameras and phones they have fake factorial zooms that are just cropping into the resolution.
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What does it say, when it sneezes?
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Pi
Ka
Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
You can also see them directly, with your own eyes
Big, if true
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but the pika is cute >.<
beautiful 🤌
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