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bobstafford

Entry: Digital Camera Lenses - A87849463
Author: bobstafford - U3151547

Please comment.The images mentioned can be forwarded


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Gnomon - time to move on

Hi Bob. I'm very enthusiastic about my bridge camera which has a 24mm - 1200mm lens. I'm often puzzled by people's claims that for proper photography you need an SLR and interchangeable lenses. As far as I can see, the lens on my camera is better than the lenses available to SLRs. I'd like some clarification on this. If I'm wrong, then the average Reader may feel the same, so you need to explain why the lens on an SLR better.

You say that a high-powered lens is no use without a tripod. This was certainly true in the past, but is not true anymore. Modern cameras have software that compensates for camera shake. I've no problem taking a picture of a bird at 1200mm holding the camera in my hand.

I presume that there would be problems in low lighting, but I haven't tried it.


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bobstafford

Yea and no
I have tried a new bridge camera with a 24mm to 56x zoom trust me if the subject static camera shake is a problem at maximum magnification, unless lighting conditions are good and the sensitivity is set to low or medium.


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bobstafford


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Post 5

bobstafford

The datail is slightly more defined if a tripod is used, and so greater enlargement is possable.

Mind you I am getting a little pickey here. There is a new moon tonight try a hand held and see how easy you find it try and get the moon to fill the frame. The auto focus is one of the biggest problems I find.

That said you may have a steadier hand them most.

Good point though smiley - ok


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Post 6

bobstafford

The brand is a possable explanation
I have tryed Olympus DSLR and Fuji and Pentax Bridge made between 2010 and 2015
smiley - smiley


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Post 7

bobstafford

Hi Gnomon
I have amended the entry to cover those points comments please smiley - cheers


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bobstafford

Any comments smiley - smiley


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SashaQ - happysad

Looks good to me - very interesting and useful smiley - ok

I also struggle to hold the camera still at 18x zoom, so Gnomon must have an extra-steady hand smiley - biggrin I have found that if I press and hold the shutter button, that does help as I don't get the shake associated with the click motion, but I'm very grateful for digital images being easy to delete if they turn out blurred - no film lost, and I know straight away if I need to keep trying for a sharp image.

"Remember if your original image is good enough, you can increase the magnification in a PC editing session"

What is "good enough"? I'm not sure what happens to the size/compression of my images when I manipulate them on the PC, but I've not been very happy with the sharpness of cropped images so far...


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bobstafford

Good enough unblured perhaps that should be sharp enough


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Post 11

bobstafford

Any more commentssmiley - ale


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bobstafford

Any comments smiley - smiley


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Gnomon - time to move on

I'm away at the moment. Remind in a week and I'll look through it, if it isn't picked by then.


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bobstafford

Any more observations and ideassmiley - ok


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Post 16

Bluebottle

Still an enjoyable read.smiley - ok

Two points I thought I'd mention.

You discuss 'tripods of the Benbo type' – could you clarify what this type is?

I was also unsure whether this paragraph was in the right place? It is in the Zoom Lens section but I thought it mainly discusses Prime Lenses, but could serve as a good introduction to the Zoom Lens section?
'Benefits of the standard lens was excellent clarity deep depth of field making it easy to use and focus. But as soon as the reasonably price zoom lens appeared they fell from favour, as a 500mm was 2/3 of a meter in length and not much fun to carry around. Remember a manual zoom is the easiest to use.'

Let me know what you think.

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Post 17

bobstafford


Thanks for the comments BB

'Tripods of the Benbo type' – could you clarify what this type is?
a BENBO TRIPOD is a unique design. At first sight it appears of a normal design, with extendable legs and camera mount.

What makes it different is the legs and camera mount are connected to an omnidirectional joint enabling the legs and mouth to be placed in any position, eg, two legs on the ground one against a vertical wall and the camera mount horizontal.

That sort of explanation BB

As for the paragraph have you a suggestion for a better positionsmiley - cheers


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Post 18

Bluebottle

You might wish to consider adding what you've mentioned about the Benbo tripod as a footnote where you've mentioned it?


With regards the paragraph – feel free to completely disagree – for me it seemed to interrupt the flow a little. You were talking about zoom lenses in that section, then in that paragraph you mentioned what zoom lenses had replaced and that manual zoom lenses are best.

Can I ask what do you mean in that paragraph by 'standard lens'? In the entry you've said that prime lenses were once standard, then later you say standard lenses come now in two types, implying that these are zoom lenses and wide-angle lenses. If you are discussing a different lens type to a zoom lens, I'd put that paragraph in the section belonging to that lens type – except the information about a manual zoom, as that's important to know.

I hope I'm not causing confusionsmiley - headhurts – feel free to disagree

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bobstafford

Good point BB is this better

Prime Lenses or fixed focal length lenses, they have no magnification capability and set at a range between 100mm to 800mm, once popular, and due to the quality of the optical elements have now become very expensive. They were once a (standard) only option prior to the arrival of the zoom lens, and in the past if you bought a basic camera and lens that's what you got, often maligned as uninteresting they took a similar view of the world as you do through your eye.

However what they make you do is compensate for their limited adjust-ability making by you think about the composition and moving around to get the best view and avoid unwanted elements in your photograph often by getting closer to your subject. However there is a plus side the quality of these lenses is superb, and so it is often the professionals choice.

Camera makers Lenses now come in two common types.smiley - smiley


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Post 20

Bluebottle

Yes, I think that works better nowsmiley - ok

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