john hansen
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 19, 2013 - 12:49pm PT
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I saw some of the pics on the birds thread that dee de took with this camera. They say it has a zoom capability to 1200mm.
Any one else here have one, I am thinking of getting one and would trust some reviews from the ST.
Wondering if the range , 24mm to 1200mm might take away from the sharpness and focus.
Maybe get that Half Dome shot from the vally
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 19, 2013 - 03:31pm PT
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Wondering if the range , 24mm to 1200mm might take away from the sharpness and focus
Well, there ain't no free lunch, eh? But Dee ee's shots look pretty darn
good. Maybe not BrassNuts' quality but for a fraction of the investment
pretty darn good.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 19, 2013 - 04:35pm PT
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I just got one! So far it seems pretty awesome. The attached pic is from 5 miles away on a tripod at it's max zoom including digital zoom. Disclaimer; this was the sharpest from about 10 attempts - the slightest vibration can trow things off at that Mag. Should be able to see nose hairs on El Cap. I saw that Riley Wyna said looking at the screen made him dizzy. I find that I target things more easily using the viewfinder.
This is from this morning. I think it may be a juvenile Heron.
Super distance; The Olympics from Greenlake in Seattle - looking across Phinney Ridge district.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 20, 2013 - 06:47pm PT
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Bump for Da Moon at 50x,100x,and 150x with the SX50 on a tripod with 2 sec timer. Hand helds were as good at higher ISO. These are ISO 400,1/400@F6.5 Click photos.
at 100x ?
150x
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jan 20, 2013 - 07:03pm PT
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Gee, thanks! I need another camera like Jimmy Carter needs more liver pills.
Those look great.
The first thing I did with my Nikon P-500 was to point it at the moon.
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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Jan 20, 2013 - 07:07pm PT
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That is a remarkable moon shot - maybe better than I got digiscoping through my 2000 dollar Zeiss scope 10 year ago. Cool to me because it is the exact same shot - that mountain range and that large crater were major land marks for the moon landing - can't remember any names though.
Absolutely remarkable technology - ya sold me!
""I find that I target things more easily using the viewfinder.
Credit: McHale's Navy""
Ya - that and and tripod i figured!
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 20, 2013 - 07:21pm PT
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Here's one from earlier in the evening that is hand held at 1600 ISO. You can see more noise but it's amazing it can do it. I probably could have hand held at much lower ISO since there's so much light.
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Dimes
Social climber
Retired and thinking about a comeback?
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Jan 20, 2013 - 08:19pm PT
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Shot with the SX50 HS at 600mm hand held.
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Dimes
Social climber
Retired and thinking about a comeback?
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Jan 20, 2013 - 08:24pm PT
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Shot with SX50 HS at 1200mm braced on top of day pack.
For an inexpensive point and shoot style camera the SX50 HS takes a pretty incredible image! Highly recommend it for backcountry use where weight is a consideration.
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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Jan 20, 2013 - 08:29pm PT
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Here is the one I took with the Ziess scope from a park in the middle of Orange County. It took many tries to get one this nice.
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john hansen
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2013 - 08:44pm PT
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Man those are really good shots. This thing is looking pretty sweet..
I would like to hear from Slater, I think his bird pics first made me aware of this rig.
It cool that it has all the settings for speed and apeture and ISO
Dimes,,
How far away were you on that last shot of the sheep?
Great shot!
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Does any one have a photo taken at 24mm with this camera?
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 20, 2013 - 09:00pm PT
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Here you go. This is dialed all the way down to 24mm I think. It's just a snap I took when I first got it at Xmas. OOPS! The 24mm is the 2nd shot below. . It's Shilshole Marina looking across Puget Sound to the Olympics, and then from the same day lower down at the marina;
The Space Needle from 5 miles away - semihandheld w night scene mode.
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john hansen
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2013 - 09:15pm PT
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Can you put polarizing lenses and stuff on the lens? Or are those built in.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jan 20, 2013 - 09:37pm PT
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Where did you shoot the space needle with fireworks from?
I ask because I had pretty much that view from my yard on New Year's Eve. I live a little over 5 miles from the Needle, but all I had that night were my eyes, and they don't really have the optical zoom feature.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 20, 2013 - 09:45pm PT
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That's funny. It was from a bedroom window up above the north end of Greenlake - 5 miles away. Camera has a fireworks mode but I was not familiar. I have not even tried the Miniature effects yet.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jan 20, 2013 - 09:59pm PT
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180 degrees. So it's a good thing all those fireworks were lighting things up, because otherwise you'd have been shooting straight into my window.
No sh#t. If I draw a line from my place (in West Seattle), through the space needle, it carries on right through the north end of Green Lake.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 20, 2013 - 10:41pm PT
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See what....a ghost? :>)
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john hansen
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2013 - 08:09pm PT
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Just one more try , hoping Slater, or some one else who owns one will see this .
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jan 21, 2013 - 10:15pm PT
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Hey Mc Hale's Navy,
Are you using a tripod, or any of the anti-shake functions?
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