Shit. My ADHD brain doesn’t need another expensive hobby to hyperfixate on.
Pika Pika
Submitted 3 weeks 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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JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Wanna buy my setup? My hyperfixation ended.
spinne@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Haha, i think, I recognise you from another adhd post 😄
alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
slides over What’s your setup?
Oh shit nevermind, my wife is coming!
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks 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.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Phone cameras are great. Their compatibility with telephoto lenses is what sets them back.
desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks 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
FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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.
Mac@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Phone cameras are good, yes, but their lenses are not. Even a cheap, used camera is better.
taiyang@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Can you afford to not get into photography, though?
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
TheBat@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
When you stare into pica, pica stares into you. Also sprach Zarathustra.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Casually using an amazing photo for a meme 👍
HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
A top-shelf flex.
Prontomomo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I like the content, but seriously I’m baffled as to how this is a science meme?
Jarix@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Also because posts like this drive really informative comment sections like this thread. I promise there’s a method to the madness.
danekrae@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What does it say, when it sneezes?
CatZoomies@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Tap for spoiler
Pi Ka Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Mountains in the eye of a trailside pika, …
Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Eating seeds as a pastime activity
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
moments lost, like tears in rain
motor_spirit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
beautiful 🤌
GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
halfdane@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Today’s risky click is presented by GreatTitEnthusiast 👀
GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Hey, I’m just hear because I heard climate change is threatening Great Tits
tomiant@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
..could just have shot the mountains.
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
falseWhite@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can also see them directly, with your own eyes
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
but the pika is cute >.<
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Big, if true
sirico@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Follow for more life hacks
then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Laughs in micro fourthirds.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Pika is a real animal?
Gen 1 pokemon really are just funny colored real animals.
4am@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
“Ekans” is just “Snake” spelled backwards.
“Muk” is just…oh, oh god
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CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Actually it comes from pika(-tto), the onomatopoeia for a lightning strike.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Voltorb, Muk, Magnemite, and Mr Mime would all like a word with you
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
brotlov?
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
Samsy@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Wtf is a Glumanda?
knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_salamander
flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 weeks 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)