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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: Pictures or it didn't happen
Date: 2 Feb 2016 08:15:34
Message: <56b0abf6$1@news.povray.org>

> On 01/02/2016 09:37 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> Oh, right. I just wrote 20 pages about a camera, and didn't post any
>> pictures...
>
> Take one ordinary box of chocolates. Shoot sideways with the widest
> aperture the lens can manage. PROFIT!

Nice isosurfaces.  crackle texture?

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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: Reflex
Date: 2 Feb 2016 08:18:58
Message: <56b0acc2$1@news.povray.org>
>> Orchid Win7 v1: Nikon
> Scott: Canon

Begun, the camera wars have.

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Reflex
Date: 2 Feb 2016 08:39:08
Message: <56b0b17c$1@news.povray.org>
On 2/2/2016 1:19 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:
>  >> Orchid Win7 v1: Nikon
>> Scott: Canon
>
> Begun, the camera wars have.
>

If it is not a pinhole it is not true to the spirit and is a softboy's 
cheat. :)


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Reflex
Date: 2 Feb 2016 08:55:13
Message: <56b0b541$1@news.povray.org>
On 2/2/2016 2:46 AM, Mike Horvath wrote:
>
> Careful. That sounds kind of like socialism. Who are you to infringe
> upon the camera makers' right to differentiate.


Tee Hee
A dope smoking red under the bed. ;)

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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Pictures or it didn't happen
Date: 2 Feb 2016 09:22:45
Message: <56b0bbb5$1@news.povray.org>
Am 02.02.2016 um 14:15 schrieb Francois Labreque:

>> On 1-2-2016 23:42, Mike Horvath wrote:
>>> On 2/1/2016 4:40 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>> On 01/02/2016 09:37 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>>> Oh, right. I just wrote 20 pages about a camera, and didn't post any
>>>>> pictures...
>>>>
>>>> Take one ordinary box of chocolates. Shoot sideways with the widest
>>>> aperture the lens can manage. PROFIT!
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, and hashish filled chocolates I presume.
>>
>> I think he is fooling us. Those are POV-Ray renders, not photographs.
>>
> It's a twist on the RSOCP.  The RSs are embedded in the CP.

Well, the chocolates may contain VSOP...


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Reflex
Date: 2 Feb 2016 09:24:25
Message: <56b0bc19$1@news.povray.org>
Am 02.02.2016 um 14:39 schrieb Stephen:
> On 2/2/2016 1:19 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:
>>  >> Orchid Win7 v1: Nikon
>>> Scott: Canon
>>
>> Begun, the camera wars have.
>>
> 
> If it is not a pinhole it is not true to the spirit and is a softboy's
> cheat. :)

Is that why smartphones have such small lenses? ;)


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Reflex
Date: 2 Feb 2016 09:56:16
Message: <56b0c390$1@news.povray.org>
On 2/2/2016 2:24 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 02.02.2016 um 14:39 schrieb Stephen:
>> On 2/2/2016 1:19 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:
>>>   >> Orchid Win7 v1: Nikon
>>>> Scott: Canon
>>>
>>> Begun, the camera wars have.
>>>
>>
>> If it is not a pinhole it is not true to the spirit and is a softboy's
>> cheat. :)
>
> Is that why smartphones have such small lenses? ;)
>

I don't know. Why do smartphones have such small lenses?

;-)

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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: Pictures or it didn't happen
Date: 2 Feb 2016 13:17:19
Message: <56b0f2af$1@news.povray.org>
On 02/02/2016 08:32 AM, scott wrote:
>> So I went back and tried to redo the shot at ISO 100. Aaaand captured a
>> whole load of camera shake, and not much else.
>>
>> I see there's a 40mm f/1.8 lens that's cheap...
>>
>> OH GOD, IT HAS STARTED! O_O
>
> :-)
>
> Get a tripod, invaluable for shots like this.

I've already got a tripod. It's not especially good though. And 
regardless, you can't use a tripod to hold the camera half an inch away 
from a horizontal surface, while facing at a jaunty angle. :-P


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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: Reflex
Date: 2 Feb 2016 13:18:42
Message: <56b0f302$1@news.povray.org>
On 02/02/2016 01:19 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:
>  >> Orchid Win7 v1: Nikon
>> Scott: Canon
>
> Begun, the camera wars have.

Yeah, everybody I speak to seems to think that Canon is the only 
acceptable brand.

I have no idea why.


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Pictures or it didn't happen
Date: 2 Feb 2016 13:32:21
Message: <56b0f635$1@news.povray.org>
On 2/2/2016 6:17 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 02/02/2016 08:32 AM, scott wrote:
>>> So I went back and tried to redo the shot at ISO 100. Aaaand captured a
>>> whole load of camera shake, and not much else.
>>>
>>> I see there's a 40mm f/1.8 lens that's cheap...
>>>
>>> OH GOD, IT HAS STARTED! O_O
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Get a tripod, invaluable for shots like this.
>
> I've already got a tripod. It's not especially good though. And
> regardless, you can't use a tripod to hold the camera half an inch away
> from a horizontal surface, while facing at a jaunty angle. :-P

Think about a monopod.
They are more stable for handhelds than not having one.

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