#tele lens

[simonh]

000060130008-edit by Simon Hartmann Via Flickr: 09/30/2023 10:53am 1/125 f16 little bush against lake view 41.54304° N, 81.63801° W

[bluebudgie]

Experienced a moment and decided to go out to find funny critters.

Found this guy (presumably a common drone fly?) :

(still havent charged the camera with the right lens but at least this time i had a camera at all)

Lou also found this very important little guy:

[johnnymartyr]

Gilligan's Return: Leitz 90mm Tele-Elmarit-M Thin Review Part II

by Johnny Martyr Since Molly Kate kindly featured it on 35mmc, my Leitz 90mm Tele-Elmarit Thin Review has been getting alot of traffic. The review concluded with my decision to throw Gilligan overboard and invite The Skipper to join me on the top deck. Quick recap: I was lead to believe that all Thin Canadian 90 TE’s (Gilligan) are plagued with an unrepairable haze problem and so Fat German 90…

[nmotypdfsfg]

[sirfrogsworth]

Mental Health Sushi

My brain was a bag full of cats today and I really needed to get out of the house. I was also craving sushi.

Or maybe I was craving sushi because of the brain cats?

I don't get paid until Saturday so my friend told me he would buy me dinner to help me calm the cats.

I still don't have my new lens. They said it would be in stock by "end of week" so hopefully that means tomorrow. But my brain cats were also desiring photography.

Some demanding-ass cranial felines to be sure.

I headed across the river to Nice Sam's and I challenged myself to take some photos as I acquired sushi.

Sam's is a challenging place to get cool photos so I thought I would do something experimental to make things more interesting. I love panoramic photos but most people look at stuff on their phones and horizontal panos always look like a tiny sliver. So I wondered if it would be cool if I did vertical panoramas.

I started looking straight down and took 5 photos gradually raising my camera upward.

To all of the grade school bullies who made fun of my belly... I can totally see my feet.

I found the sushi and they had some interesting things. I tried doing a giant sushi panorama but my lens had way too much barrel distortion and the way I shot it caused... issues.

All of those vertical lines didn't help the situation.

If you use a wide angle lens it is best practice to rotate the camera around a nodal point.

This helps eliminate parallax artifacts and helps Photoshop get a better stitch. It can sort of unwrap and flatten your photos like the label on a soda bottle. But when I took a photo, I moved to the left, took a photo, moved to the left, took a photo. That's a better technique when you have a more tele lens with less distortion on the edges.

In any case, I grabbed some spicy tuna roll, a "dynamite" roll (which I had never tried before), and a variety pack.

Once I got my sushi I tried a few more vertical panoramas in the parking lot.

These two are kinda neat when you switch back and forth rapidly. My belly and feet line up. And I totally planned that. Definitely not a coincidence.

Hey PandaKhan! Put your cart back in the corral!

I was trying to look cool and roll my cart so it buttsex'd into the next one... but that just inched it forward. So I had to buttsex them the less cool way.

Which is a reminder to all you buttsexing folks to use a quality lubricant.

Oh, and I was also test driving my new jacket. I haven't needed to outstretch my arms like Superman as of yet, so the sizing might be okay after all.

Though, do those shoulders look a bit bunchy to you? I'm getting linebacker vibes from this photo. I dunno. I'm going to take better pictures later so I can evaluate the fit a little better. It's hard to tell from the mirror shots.

When I got home I started with the Dynamite Roll.

The crunchy onions on top were very tasty.

I don't know if my brain cats are any better but at least I'm not hungry anymore.

[notsogoodphotographer]

Hi i want to talk about my all time favorite camera 📸

pls ignore all my grammar mistakes, i’m not professional reviewer 😂 i just wanna talk about this camera.

This is the Sony RX1Rii, this is the third and “most recent” version of this camera. i put “most recent” in quotes because this camera is almost 10 years old. don’t like the old age fool you because this camera can keep up with the newest cameras in its niche.

This little point and shoot sports a 42mp full frame sensor. YES, F U L L F R A M E!! This tiny camera is actually smaller than all the x100 series (minus the lens on it). The camera has an incredibly sharp Zeiss Sonnar 35mm f2 glued to. This camera has 399 af points, with eye AF. The camera is incredibly fast and accurate!! the camera is pretty much a tiny packaged Sony A7Rii!

One of my favorite features of this camera is the pop-up EVF! This is a feature that was added to only this version of the camera and it’s a feature that i wish sony continued to incorporate into some of their other smaller cameras like the A7c or a6k series!

The camera does shoot video up to 1080 120fps, but does not have picture profiles such has S-log or HLG. This was a camera made strictly for photos, which is probably for the best because the battery life on this camera is terrible, any kind of prolong video shooting would absolutely burn through these batteries in minutes.

That brings me to my next point, my cons. There’s not many but i figured i’d point them out anyways for those who are interested in this camera. these aren’t make it or break it cons, these are just issues that hinder it from being the greatest camera ever released (IMO)

1) battery life, i believe it’s rated for like 220 shots. Ive definitely gotten it to last twice than that. That tiny body processing all that data on some of the tiniest batteries makes sense why it’s so bad. Luckily batteries are cheap and like i said they’re tiny, so they’re pretty easy to carry around!

2) no picture profiles in video. i know i touched on it briefly up above and this camera is mainly a photo camera AAAAAND hybrid cameras were just beginning to grow in popularity around the time this camera came out but it would’ve been amazing to have s-log in this camera for little snippets here and there. i know at the time IG and other photo sharing apps were mainly photo sharing apps, and a camera that was built strictly for photo has no business having usable picture profiles in video.

3) no crop mode in RAW. this one is weird to me because i know the A7Rii has an APS-C mode where you can shoot RAW photos with an inbody crop and there’s times that i’d love to shoot something at 50mm (35mm + sony’s 1.5x aps-c crop). there is a digital zoom option but that’s for jpg only.

4) PRICE!!!! why the fuck is this camera still being sold for $3200??!! this is a 10 year old camera with outdated tech. i bought mine used for $1900 (which is about the price of the fuji x100V at the time of purchase) and i still think that’s a little too much.

that’s really about it aside from minor complaints of not having tele/ wide converters. i’m also sure all of those cons stem from the small battery. I’d love to see all of these corrected in a Mk3 one day, but as of a couple weeks ago sony just discontinued the Rx1rii’s production. I’m being a little hopeful but maybe that means we’re getting a successor, i doubt it but a boy can dream.

I don’t really do reviews or anything but this camera has had my heart for the past 9 months so i had to show it off/ talk about it. this to me in the perfect everyday camera. it never leaves my side and comes with me to any and every trip! Im always blown away by the photos i create with this little camera and i know whenever a mk3 comes out im going to hop on the chance to buy on immediately!

[innytoes]

uhm... 👉👈 Ray hitman AU? maybe? if you were up for it? pretty pretty please? 🙏

-For those who don't know I made a shitpost about Ray being a hitman because I looked up housing prices in Los Feliz (and how medical debt works) and SIR HOW THE HELL DO YOU AFFORD THAT HOUSE ON A PHOTOGRAPHER'S SALARY.

-It starts when one of the Petal Pushers has a very abusive, stalker ex. She had tried everything, but even with a restraining order, it isn't enough. Law enforcement just shrugs and suggests she moves (again) after 'someone' breaks into her house, ransacks it and kills her cat.

-It's not like Rose and Ray meant to kill him. But it's what happens. They manage to make it look like an accident. They never tell Violet, but deep down she knows.

-Somehow word gets around and they suddenly have a booming side hustle of taking out abusive spouses, partners, exes, stalkers, etc.

-Ray starts to take on the most of the wet work, with Rose doing the research and being his alibi.

-He's always been a great shot. He won Rose so many stuffed animals at carnival shooting games that they had to start donating them to shelters.

-They do have very strict rules on who they work with and who their targets are. Ray gets very good at stalking people with a giant long distance tele-lens. Both the people who hire them (to make sure they're telling the truth) and the targets.

-The prices they charge vary, and they even have perfected the scheme of 'take out life insurance on him and we get half of the pay out' for people who are in a bad financial situation. Those are trickier because he has to make the deaths look like an accident.

-Listen I'm not saying a few of the plants in Rose's Plant Wall in the studio are toxic. Of course they aren't, they have children running around in there.

-The ones under the grow-light in the attic though....

-He tells everyone he's a photographer but really, he only knows how to work the tele-lens. Rose jokes he could become the world's greatest paparazzi if he wanted to.

-Rarely does he get up close and personal with the targets, but he did made an exception once when 'My Ex Is An Abusive Scumbag number 87' really, really wanted Ray to know the client was right by going after his kid from his first marriage, because his favourite target (their client) wasn't there to take his rage out on.

-He starts hitting the gym after that because it was a liiiiittle too close for comfort.

-As spoken by @floating-in-the-blue: THAT'S WHY HE'S SO FIRM.

-They buy a big house and have money to send the kids to summer camp and fancy music school and the likes. When people ask he just smiles and shrugs and said he signed an NDA so he can't talk about most of his Big Photography Clients.

-Carlos and Julie think their dad is the biggest goober and he totally is. He forgets where he put his phone because he's too busy with the 700 other details of his job. He can tell if any of the parts of his work-toolbox have been moved even a millimeter.

-Just imagine Reggie like: wow Ray really does a lot of research about his photography clients, I wonder if it's like an engagement shoot or something.

-IT WAS NOT AN ENGAGEMENT SHOOT. There was a shooting, though.

-He's a little shell-shocked but still follows Ray down to where he meets the client to promise her it's done, and she cries and tells him thank you and mentions some of the awful things the guy has done or threatened to do, and then he gets it.

-They stage it to look like a break-in gone wrong. Reggie helps knock some shit over when they're distracted like: he's a ghost there are no finger prints. He stays after Ray leaves and watches the woman 'come home' and call the cops. She's either a really good actress, or the tears are just more tears of relief.

-He's really, really glad the abusive guy didn't come back as a ghost though, that would have been so awkward.

-Reggie decides that Julie can never, ever know.

[maskedcop10]

in the remote part of the military parade area I saw these two officers, I was at quite a distance, but with my tele lens I was able to take this picture. They had no idea I was not that far away from them as they were checking each other out. The cop on his knees was checking his partner's ass to see if he was still wearing the big plug he had placed in his ass, I slowly walked in their direction and they stopped. They turned and looked at me. Their uniforms were so tight. Both also showed their huge bulges. With their high riding boots, they showed so much strength. The cop who was checking his partner's ass walked up to me. Do you want some hot pictures of both of us? he asked. Fuck yes, if that's possible. I looked at his huge bulge. We'll both be really pumped up for you, and you can take as many pictures as you want. We'll meet in the hotel lobby said the agent. 2200 hours. I couldn't believe that and I thought this would never happen. But curious as I was. I went to the hotel lobby and there they stood in full uniform. Let's go to your room, said one of the agents, and we took the elevator to my floor. They both looked horny and powerful. My hand moved over the cop's bulge. He smiled, especially for you man. My hand went over his tight pants and muscular ass. No no man, we are both locked up. the captain orders that all agents wear plugs and are locked up so you can take pictures, but that's it.

[lindamarieansonsnaps]

What equipment do you use? Especially camera and lens?

My answer will probably be disappointing because my equipment is old and boring. 😅

Most of the photos on this blog have been taken with either Nikon d5000 or a hybrid camera Fujifilm X-A2. I use Fuji's kit lens. I bought my Nikon (14?? years ago!) as a double VR zoom kit, then later I upgraded to Tamron lenses (Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD and Tamron af 70-300mm f/4-5.6 tele-macro full frame) and have been using them for years.

[deebeeus]

1998 #Fender#CustomShop '60 #CustomTelecaster NOS 2020 Custom Shop '68 #ThinlineTelecaster Journeyman Relic

This is a quick snapshot I took to 1) check the #TeleTuesday box for this week 🤣, and 2) show off my new Godox AD200 flash.

For anyone following my LONG litany of flash issues, I did end up being able to send back the AD600 Pro that broke. Amazon has not given me my money back yet...but I assume that is coming! In the meantime I had a photoshoot for ES Believers last weekend and needed a flash so I went to my local camera store and after some discussions with the salesperson decided to buy ANOTHER AD600 Pro. Why would I do that after having one that failed on me, you ask? Well because all my accessories fit it. I know that sounds crazy...but I have about 750 bucks worth of accessories that work with the Godox wireless and mounting systems. Not only would I need to spend double to get a comparable power Profoto flash but I would have to spend double again to buy all the accessories for it. So muggins here bought ANOTHER AD600. With the assurance of the shop that if it breaks they do NOT need to send it to China for repair! 🤣

However: to mitigate the risk of future flash failure, I also ordered a backup flash at the same time, and that flash is now here, hence this photo! Lighting is 100% from the AD200 (no natural light...this was my dark basement) on a stand through a plain softbox and the flash set to 1/4 power. Camera: z6ii, Lens: Z mount 24-120 f/4. ISO 100, f/5.6. 1/125th of a second exposure.

The Godox AD200 Pro is about 1/3 the power of the 600, but it is still 2-3 times more powerful than a speedlite. Plus it is so much more portable than the 600 and doesn't need a heavy C stand. It will be perfect for shooting outside the "studio" (aka my house)!

Excitingly, I get to test the new flash out on location shortly as I have been asked by Jason, head honcho at @fretboardjournal, to take some photographs for an upcoming article on a local Toronto artist. Can't say any more about the article yet, but stay tuned!

#guitar#guitars#electricguitar#fenderguitars#reissue#relic#guitarphotography#tele#telecaster

[simonh]

000060130024-edit by Simon Hartmann Via Flickr: 09/30/2023 12:20pm 1/1000 f3.8 vegetation in the sunlight

[johnnymartyr]

Leitz 90mm Tele-Elmarit Thin Review

by Johnny Martyr Recently, I met up with my friend Ben to photograph the DC Pride parade. He used a 90mm 2.8 Tele-Elmarit, which he recommended, stating that he sold his 90mm Summicron shortly after getting the Elmarit. I had never researched the 90mm Elmarit line but had long heard it was the cure for bloated 90mm Summicrons and calibration woes. 90 Thin Tele-Elmarit on the left, 90 E55…

[x-heesy]

𝚂𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚑𝚞𝚌𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚣 🤌🏾👈🏽

(Prodigy)

Yeah, yeah.

Payback.

(Hook: Prodigy) - repeat 2X

Infamous up in this, you know how we get down

Is that yo' hoe? She feelin' our style

We come through the spot real heavy on the waist

So when they wanna move, we put 'em in they place

(Prodigy)

Yo, I was schooled by the hood, raised by the wolves

Trained by the pain, adopted by guerillas

Gotta tank for a car, ice for a arm

Got tattoos wit' skin and scars from brawls

Gotta buildin' for a crib, Manhattan for a backyard

Skyscraper ladies, they fuck me when they man gone

Kings of New York, I'm one of the few of those

Difficulties to come, it's gon' be funerals

You get a quiet spot in the shade, for a grave

I get paid, 'cause I got murder 'fore sixteen

And I'm so much rich, I got a condo for a piggy bank

So much stash, I just laugh at yo' face

Blow a stack on David, 'cause I'ma pyro

Maniac from carriage, wit' the Rolls Gold

I was told by the O.G.'s like my Pops

If you can't whip they ass, then niggaz get shot (shot, shot)

(Hook) - repeat 2X

(Havoc)

Waist. yo, I was raised by the block and new to the sound of the gun shots

Hustled by the bus stop, aged to the front stop

Block party departed, somebody got bodied

Right before I snatch this little number from my hottie

Yeah, young dude wit' jewels and barrel lens

Heavy bones on the deuce, flickin' it up in the mix

Fast forward to '06, gettin' head in the '06

Have a chick, feelin' like she workin' out on that Bow-Flex

I'm focused, looked through my lens, see my vision

Surprise myself and came through without one spool missin'

From that hallway kissin', there was room in the Carlton

I can smell it in the air, P in that next room sparkin'

Me, I let that heady flow, meet me at the tele' hoe

You don't do the tele', oh, fuck it bitch you gotta go

Workin' wit' a lot of dough, and a little bit of time

Bitch I wanna fuck, I don't wanna know what's on ya mind

(Hook) - repeat 2X

(Prodigy)

Yeah, I know you can't believe it. WHOO!

We still soakin' it all in ourselves

Hollywood Hav' (yeah nigga), V.I.P. (yeah)

It's our means. Curtis. "Billion Dollar Budget" Jackson

Go 'head be mad at that man, he the one made us rich

You ain't the only millionaires on the block no more

Ya money is old nigga. smell that? That's new money nigga

We filthy rotten rich. (yeah) and we taken advantage (let's do it)

G-Unit, Infamous Mobb Deep {*Prodigy making gun noises*} @ro3000 @2020blaq

𝙿𝚞𝚝 ‚𝙴𝚖 𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝙼𝚘𝚋𝚋 𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚙

[sirfrogsworth]

How to build THE CUBE

I got this reply about my product photography light cube.

@nimrella and all other interested parties, I can definitely help you with that.

THE CUBE Ingredient List

The actual cube

2 Identical lights

Black plexiglass

A roll of gray seamless paper

The links above would probably be the cheapest ingredients that would allow you to get a similar shot as below.

These are *suggested* ingredients. If you have two desk lamps, you could get identical LED bulbs. You can get bigger plexiglass if you need it. You can try white plexiglass or even a mirror. I also like using things like a wooden cutting board as a base. You can also get different colored seamless paper for the background. Colored poster board works okay too, but the seamless paper allows for a nice transition from base to background.

Some tips for using THE CUBE.

First you'll want to cut the seamless paper to size and then place it in the cube so it has a gentle curve. As stated, this will give you a gradual transition from the base to the background. You can set object directly on the gray paper and get a nice effect. Or you can use the plexiglass trick like above for a cool reflection shot.

If you use the plexiglass, place it as far forward in the cube as you can and elevate it a bit with a book or something. This will help with background separation.

You want to put lights on either side. You can play with positions and brightness to taste. You can make one light brighter than the other or just use them full blast. The brighter you set the lights, the lower the ISO on your camera, the cleaner the noise will be. It will also help to take photos in a darker area so only the photo lights are contributing to the image. But if they are bright enough lights, that won't matter as much—they will overpower any ambient light.

If your phone has a decent telephoto lens, that will help you avoid distorting the object. But on my phone, the tele lens gets oversharpened to death. So I use the main camera and take the photo from a bit farther away and then crop in.

Basically, the closer you get with a wide angle lens, the more pronounced the distortion is.

This distortion is actually caused by distance rather than the focal length. With a wider lens you have to get much closer to get the object the same size in the frame. So if you keep the object in the center of the frame and back up a bit, it won't get distorted. You'll have to crop later, and you'll lose some resolution, but it should still be good enough for displaying on the web.

One thing you might also notice is the hotspots from the lights on the background. I'm afraid that is one of the disadvantages of the cube. You can try to block that with some black card or just try to position the lights so the hotspots are out of frame. If I were in a studio, I would have my background several feet behind the object to prevent this.

In any case, once you have everything set up, you can basically flip on the lights, and take a picture. Easy peasy.

[fictionalred-photos]

Tele lens experiments

[heartlandians]

EXCLUSIVE: 'A gay guy should play a gay guy': Heartland star Aidan Moreno believes it's no longer 'authentic' for a straight actor to take on an LGBTQ+ character

Aidan Moreno believes straight actors should 'step aside and let the gay and trans community represent themselves'.

The actor, who plays the first LGBTQ+ character Rick on the hit Netflix show Heartland, said he doesn't think it is 'authentic' for a show to have a straight individual play a gay role.

He explained he understands when a 'big lead actor' takes on a gay role because it can 'bring awareness' to the LGBTQ+ community.  

In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, Aidan revealed how he feels about straight actors playing gay roles.

He said: 'I would say I'm leaning towards a gay guy should play a gay guy. This is a weird one because I understand how some characters need a straight actor because it adds more of a platform and focus to gay stories.

'But now I think we are in a place where we should step a side and let gay and trans represent their own community through their own voice.

'Same with any minority its all well and good having diversity but if its a straight white man at the top making those decisions and writing the script its still coming through from a straight white man's lens.

'We have to try and make sure every level, for whatever group we are representing, is involved so whether that is a gay actor playing the gay role I think they need to be as much involved as possible.

'Otherwise you're playing a stereotype and it wont be authentic which I think in this day and age it needs to be.'

Following Aidan joining Heartland four seasons ago, his role has introduced storylines such as gay marriage and adoption.

The Netflix series has received lots of positive feedback from fans but these important storylines have unfortunately raised homophobic commentary which has been difficult for Aidan to stomach.

He said: 'It was really hard at first but I think I've built up such a tough skin from my background of growing up on a council estate in the Midlands. It wasn't until I was 19 or 20 years old I came out, so I'm used to the homophobic comments anyways.'

The actor added that he found it a struggle to 'separate himself from the character' due to his role being similar to his real life.

He continued: 'It made the experience very difficult reading the comments because I love social media and interacting with the majority of the show's fans but I couldn't separate myself from the character.

'Even though I'm playing a character, a lot of that role is who I am and represents me and that is how I know it is so important for any gay kid watching the show.

'When people attack Rick they are attacking the entire LGBTQ community they are saying you are not accepted.

'It is such a shame and it is surprising it still exists. I really thought we had come so much further.

'I'm trying to remain better not bitter but it is very hard and it does get to me. It's so easy to focus on the negatives sometimes and I think we all do that on social media but we have to learn to flip that switch and focus on the positives.'

Netflix is set to drop season 16 of Heartland later this month and Aidan revealed fans will see a 'more vulnerable side' to his role.

The actor said he thinks 'it is pretty iconic for the writers to take such a risk' with his character in the new series.  

He said: 'I'm really excited for it to come out because we shot it last summer, my mum and grandparents are like, "when can we see it?, I think half of my friends don't believe I'm actually on the tele.

'I think fans are definitely going to see a more vulnerable side to my character this season. With him being the first LGBTQ+ character in the shows 16 years history I think it is pretty iconic for the writers to take that risk with my character.

'I think with the first two or three seasons that I've been in it's been a caricature leaning into the general queer characters we see on TV its there for comedy and its never the hero story.

'This year they have wanted to show the more humanity level of Rick, we will see him possibly adopting a baby.

'We are going to be introduced to his on screen husband because that has been alluded for two years and it's been like "well where is he?" We will see a different side of him there and he will take charge in the work place as well.'

When he first landed the role, Aidan thought it was just 'a throw away character' but he now sees it as a 'responsibility to use his voice' to allow families watching the show to have open conversations about sexuality.

He believes that the show network 'is very inclusive and diverse' but the reason it took so long to introduce a gay character to Heartland was down to the 'very toxic masculine environment' of rodeos, cowboys and cowgirls.

Aidan explained: 'I think the network is very inclusive and diverse but this show in particular is specific to a western culture that is a very masculine and also a toxic masculine environment, so I think they had to tread very very carefully.

'Also I think people in those communities who are part of LGBTQ have never had many characters they could draw upon.

'More and more we need to push to be able to see us in every situation so people feel comfortable and safe coming out in those communities. We've come a long way but people still need to do a hell of a lot better.'

Heartland officially started filming season 17 on Monday and Aidan added that he hopes Rick will develop further 'to be the hero in that gay kid's living room instead of the side piece or best friend'.

Heartland Season 16 will be released on Netflix across the UK, Ireland, and Australia on May 17.

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