Time to dig out.

 

Nikon Might Build a Super Camera with Revolutionary Camera Sensors​

This new sensor is revolutionary; there are no two ways about it. The sensor features local dimming. This is tech that modern TVs use to create selected areas of light and dark. It’s the reason why newer LED and OLED TV panels have such bright whites and such inky dark blacks. This tech is built right into this tiny sensor.

 

This is what you get when you microwave macaroni for "I don't know? Like, three-three-three-three-hundred?" minutes.

 

This is what you get when you microwave macaroni for "I don't know? Like, three-three-three-three-hundred?" minutes.
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At first I thought it was a can of worms.... yuck!

My wife did that about a year ago... the oven's magnetron miraculously survived ... but the rotating glass tray broke into many pieces. Buying another tray cost almost as much as a new oven, so we gave the thing away.

 

I haven't posted a photo in a long time. Here's an Indiana sunrise over the St. Joseph River from our deck.

 

Here's a nice shot for birders, double crested cormorants in Mishawaka, Indiana on the St. Joseph River.

 

Wood duck and squirrel.

 

The grackles are back, in force.

 

Some recent shots: this morning's sunrise and the newly returned european starlings making themselves at home.

 

Hola @Yaakov
How close were you from the bird, when taking the second birds' picture?

 

Hola @Yaakov
How close were you from the bird, when taking the second birds' picture?

Hello. I was about 15m away. I was using a Canon 500mm /4L IS USM with a 1.3x III extender for 700mm focal length. The body was a Canon 7D Mark II, which is an APS-C sensor so with the crop factor of 1.6x the effective focal length full from equivalent is 1120mm.

 

Sorry Yaakov, I hardly could understand much after 15 m. Far from knowing even the basics.

I googled your pictures in the Web. They are impressive and your choice of subjects as well.

Nice place where you live.

 

Sorry Yaakov, I hardly could understand much after 15 m. Far from knowing even the basics.

I googled your pictures in the Web. They are impressive and your choice of subjects as well.

Nice place where you live.

Thanks.
Roughly: I used a really big lens and high resolution camera so I could shoot from far away.

 

So today, I got a rare one: a merlin. They are not common visitors to my area and I have never seen one but I spotted the silhouette of a raptor up about 20m in a tree and knew it wasn't any of our usual residents. Sure enough, a rare sighting.

 

Thanks.
Roughly: I used a really big lens and high resolution camera so I could shoot from far away.

Do you use a tripod, or some sort support artifact? ... or do you rely on your pulse alone?

 

Do you use a tripod, or some sort support artifact? ... or do you rely on your pulse alone?

I usually use my monopod but sometimes just freehand it. That's OK for short sessions but not for extended ones. The lens is very large and the body is not lightweight either.

 

I usually use my monopod but sometimes just freehand it. That's OK for short sessions but not for extended ones. The lens is very large and the body is not lightweight either.

The tyranny of optics... it's physically impossible to make a good quality lens (at least with current materials) without it being large and heavy.

 

The tyranny of optics... it's physically impossible to make a good quality lens (at least with current materials) without it being large and heavy.

Yes, physics does set limits but three things have made it better: improved materials, clever optical design, and most important, vastly improved sensor/processor technology. The first two mean better lenses in smaller packages the last means a not-quite-as-good lens has the benefit of sensors that don't need as much light and processors that can correct distortion and aberration in the camera.

My bird lens is massive but I am willing to deal with that to get the low light performance and extreme reach.

 

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Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival returns for 2021 in Woodburn

From a few years back.

 

Oregon Coast Aquarium