Why 600mm? Because sometimes you need really good photos of squirrels.
Pika Pika
Submitted 2 days ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/4810c27e-6a65-4f94-b8cc-f1c5e3726dfb.jpeg
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possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Shit. My ADHD brain doesn’t need another expensive hobby to hyperfixate on.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 days ago
Wanna buy my setup? My hyperfixation ended.
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
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.
spinne@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m super into this idea. It’s got stuff! It’s got sharing! It’s got socializing! Seriously, what a rad idea
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Haha, i think, I recognise you from another adhd post 😄
alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 day ago
slides over What’s your setup?
Oh shit nevermind, my wife is coming!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
i agree with you. a friend found an alto sax at an auction, got it for a song. when he heard i was dusting my tenor off he just gave it to me. i will have to give it back eventually, but we’re just glad it’s being played.
TeddE@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Phone cameras are great. Their compatibility with telephoto lenses is what sets them back.
FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
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.
desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
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
Mac@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Phone cameras are good, yes, but their lenses are not. Even a cheap, used camera is better.
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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.
crank0271@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Can you afford to not get into photography, though?
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
TheBat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
No way I’m carrying that on a hike.
Not with that attitude you won’t. Where’s that “can do” sipirit, buckaroo?
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 2 days ago
When you stare into pica, pica stares into you. Also sprach Zarathustra.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 day ago
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Casually using an amazing photo for a meme 👍
HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
A top-shelf flex.
Prontomomo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I like the content, but seriously I’m baffled as to how this is a science meme?
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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
Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
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.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Also because posts like this drive really informative comment sections like this thread. I promise there’s a method to the madness.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
you people do understand it is fake, and if you zoom on the top right eye, it is not the same as bottom right, right?
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Mountains in the eye of a trailside pika, …
cabillaud@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
He who climbs the highest upon mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
moments lost, like tears in rain
Midnitte@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Eating seeds as a pastime activity
danekrae@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What does it say, when it sneezes?
CatZoomies@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Tap for spoiler
Pi Ka Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
tomiant@piefed.social 1 day ago
..could just have shot the mountains.
motor_spirit@lemmy.world 2 days ago
beautiful 🤌
GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 2 days ago
halfdane@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Today’s risky click is presented by GreatTitEnthusiast 👀
GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Hey, I’m just hear because I heard climate change is threatening Great Tits
falseWhite@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can also see them directly, with your own eyes
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
Big, if true
sirico@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
Follow for more life hacks
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
but the pika is cute >.<
then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Laughs in micro fourthirds.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Listen buddy, I spent a lot of money on my full frame, and a lot of muscle lugging it around, so I’d appreciate it if you could keep your superior sensor to yourself.
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Pika is a real animal?
Gen 1 pokemon really are just funny colored real animals.
4am@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
“Ekans” is just “Snake” spelled backwards.
“Muk” is just…oh, oh god
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CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
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).
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Actually it comes from pika(-tto), the onomatopoeia for a lightning strike.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Voltorb, Muk, Magnemite, and Mr Mime would all like a word with you
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
brotlov?
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Confusingly, there is the animal in the post that is commonly called pika (Ochotona daurica). What I had to think of first was Pica pica though (the Eurasian magpie)
Samsy@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Wtf is a Glumanda?
knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_salamander