Camera question
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darwin999
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Here's a 4K USB security cam with a 10:1 optical zoom lens, although manual focus (might be ~ok if distance from mount to desktop is fixed):
OK, perhaps not 'the one', but at $133 it's suggestive of a cheaper option compared to a mirrorless DSLR.
OK, perhaps not 'the one', but at $133 it's suggestive of a cheaper option compared to a mirrorless DSLR.
Robert
Reverse Engineer
I didn't realize how far "webcams" have come over the years, it's entirely possible something like that might work as long as it has optical zoom.
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Primarily for taking photos / videos of PCBs on the bench. Possibly some disassembly/reassembly clips, stuff like that.
Not looking to become an influencer, just thinking that I could document the process (and occasionally explain things) better if I had a fixed camera setup that was always ready to go.
jjjimi84
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This resonated through my whole being….
I just invested a shitload of money into my setup and almost feel like it is starting over. New cameras, new interface, new computer, new program and no idea how to use any of it….
8200 for a camera!!! Holy shit!I’d suggest this:
Not because you need it, but because then maybe you can also trace it so I can build my own
@Robert not sure if this would work but the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is a really great camera/webcam with its own gimble, add on a macro lens and you can see all the guts.
Right now they are like 700 at costco.
CheapSuitG
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The DJI Osmo Pocket series is really good, had a number of sizzle reels filmed with them.
Alan W
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Don’t look at what the lenses cost! (That’s just the camera body)
ICTRock
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time for a lovely high definition security camera from Axis
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jjjimi84
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My main camera for the youtoobz is a Canon SL3, I wanted a long zoom lens for capturing birds and almost shit at the price.
It makes buying pedal parts much more palatable.
CheapSuitG
The TubeSchemer
You could get a Canon Rebel, it worked for Andre Aggasi!
benny_profane
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RIP that hair
jjjimi84
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jimilee
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Robert
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Guilherme Collateral
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For years I used a Canon Rebel SL3. You can get one used for cheap. For sharp photos of small detail I use a 100mm Canon lens. I just took this picture using the said lens, but on a 6D MKII
darwin999
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Impressive!!
"8200 for a camera!!! Holy shit!"
Back in time (about 30 years ago or more) I started my photography business and needed a 35mm camera outfit and a medium format outfit. I managed to avoid having to get a large format view camera thank goodness! To buy a very basic Hassleblad outfit was going to cost Aust$15000 but in NY it was around $10000 for what I wanted. So NY it was. The $5000 we saved paid for a month travelling around the US for my wife and me. The we spent two more months in Europe!
So I have some wonderful B+W prints on my walls from that time. I have a 1m x 1m print of 5th Ave taken from the Empire State building on the wall in my lounge. That Aust$10000 came from an inheritance and bought me a body, two lenses, a film back, polaroid back and a pentaprism viewfinder. Hasselblads are expensive. This was 30 years ago! But the pictures they can produce are as good as it gets. Not just sharp but with incredible colour rendition and beautiful contrast. And since digital I haven't used them! 'Blad digital stuff is way too expensive for me and I haven't actually needed it because the Canon DSLRs have been good enough for me to shoot billboards on. Not only has digital capture improved but digital output has revolutionised large format printing.
Back in time (about 30 years ago or more) I started my photography business and needed a 35mm camera outfit and a medium format outfit. I managed to avoid having to get a large format view camera thank goodness! To buy a very basic Hassleblad outfit was going to cost Aust$15000 but in NY it was around $10000 for what I wanted. So NY it was. The $5000 we saved paid for a month travelling around the US for my wife and me. The we spent two more months in Europe!
So I have some wonderful B+W prints on my walls from that time. I have a 1m x 1m print of 5th Ave taken from the Empire State building on the wall in my lounge. That Aust$10000 came from an inheritance and bought me a body, two lenses, a film back, polaroid back and a pentaprism viewfinder. Hasselblads are expensive. This was 30 years ago! But the pictures they can produce are as good as it gets. Not just sharp but with incredible colour rendition and beautiful contrast. And since digital I haven't used them! 'Blad digital stuff is way too expensive for me and I haven't actually needed it because the Canon DSLRs have been good enough for me to shoot billboards on. Not only has digital capture improved but digital output has revolutionised large format printing.
Bricksnbeatles
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I still think you should have gone with an 8x10 wet-plate setup