michael Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Probably something the resident photography fans are already aware of but this photo really shows how much detail you can get with a decent zoom lens. It was taken by a chap at work and I noticed it in his Flickr album when I was looking at some other stuff he sent out to us to view, I suspect he has a secret stash of more interesting stuff but this one was impressive enough for me. It's a 400mm lens apparently, I presume they are pretty expensive? I've had to reduce the quality a fair bit just to attach it but you can read the newspaper on the original. Unfortunately it doesn't look half as impressive as I thought it did now I've uploaded the low res one, oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Flippin heck! Can you still get jammy dodgers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Blimey? I'm very interested in seeing the full version? And would be happy to host it and link it on here?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axle Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Makes you wonder just who is watching you and how closely. That is impressive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Impressive!! I have just been trying to read that guys paper headline...... Something about Distressing tests or something. I really need to get myself a good camera with a lens like that...... Oh and Jammy Dodgers.....yummy!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Blimey? I'm very interested in seeing the full version? And would be happy to host it and link it on here?... It's still more blurry than I remember but maybe I just got excited by the headline text... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 It's still more blurry than I remember but maybe I just got excited by the headline text... I think you did... DL'ing the original pic looks just like the one you posted... (As in when I zoomed in, it wasn't impressive at all)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I've been looking at an in-betweener Point n Shoot & DSLR and the Panasonic FZ28 looks to be a contender- now around £200 with a 27-486mm lens. http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ28---18x-zoom-digital-bridge-camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 That photo is rather noisy, should have used a lower ISO and a tripod I have a 70-300mm lens that works out to be 480mm at the long end with the crop factor of my camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 I've been looking at an in-betweener Point n Shoot & DSLR and the Panasonic FZ28 looks to be a contender- now around £200 with a 27-486mm lens. http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ28---18x-zoom-digital-bridge-camera I've got the FZ30, quite a nice camera for anyone considering a move to SLR without actually wanting to spend too much at this stage - quite flexible in it's abilities and plenty of manual options too. You main issue is the price of extras, the limited number of bits you can actually get (the lens is good for most things but not everything) and the pics can be quite noisy, especially at low light. If I was in your position I'd probably keep saving for a used "real" SLR though, you'll get everything the FZ-28 has to offer but you'll also be able to move forward and enhance it should you want to. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Panasonic/panasonic_dmcfz28.asp They seem to like it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 and a 2x teleconverter. Oh and a really, really bright day. A tripod would be a nice addition too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keener Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 tbh the main shot might be taken with a wide angle which might make them look further away than they really are and the close up with a decent zoom lens which would indeed be good enough to read the paper. I have a couple of L series lenses from Canon which are astonishing. I love using them for portraits but often have to blur out the skin detail a bit or you could see every pore when blown up. Simply amazing resolution when used with a pro camera body. For SLR cameras go Canon or Nikon but for just down from that level the Panasonic Lumix range are all very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I've got the FZ30, quite a nice camera for anyone considering a move to SLR without actually wanting to spend too much at this stage - quite flexible in it's abilities and plenty of manual options too. You main issue is the price of extras, the limited number of bits you can actually get (the lens is good for most things but not everything) and the pics can be quite noisy, especially at low light. If I was in your position I'd probably keep saving for a used "real" SLR though, you'll get everything the FZ-28 has to offer but you'll also be able to move forward and enhance it should you want to. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Panasonic/panasonic_dmcfz28.asp They seem to like it though. I guess I like the idea of just one lens, (for the time being) and some idiot proof settings with some options for manual control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra matt Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 That is good But ask your mate if he took a close up of the guy in the blue shirt on the 3 'd floor up above the three guys on the ground . Looks like his taking his misses from behind LOL:eyebrows: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 ...or maybe he's keeping quiet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 I guess I like the idea of just one lens, (for the time being) and some idiot proof settings with some options for manual control. I think you'll be pretty happy with the Panasonics then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesS Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 On similar idea to the first photo have you ever seen the photos from the 13 gigapixel camera? See how far into the photo you can zoom! http://www.harlem-13-gigapixels.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I was thinking, if one of these cameras got into Blackie's the wrong hands.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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