Macro Photography

[8ft-Sativa]

Burger King meat patty.

I have many more and am going to take a click of a scorpion this arvo ;p

 

[nekointheclouds]

Just got a new digital camera, a Canon Powershot sx150 is. I LOOOVVEE It!

I went to the farmers market this past sunday and got to take alot of fun shots with the macro settings. I can really tell the difference between this camera and a normal point and shoot.

 

[addictivepersona]

^ Hah, those look delicious, neko. :D

 

[Samadhi]

I love macro photography so very much and am in the process of saving for a macro lens for my dslr camera. These were all taken on a Canon S5 IS with the macro function.

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[thujone]

time for some thread necromancy :D

had a broken (unwanted) mouse to fiddle with, sometimes the coolest parts can be found in the lamest objects. NSFW tags due to image size.

here's a nice die shot:

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the *click* you hear pressing a mouse button is emitted by this little box:

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these switches sometimes need replacement, there are a few different models with different characteristics but Omron is the company that supplies them for most manufacturers

and here's what it looks like inside the box:

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it's basically a spring switch. these are rated for a MTBF of about 15-20m clicks

 

[SKL]

Good bump, thujone. I have a shipping list for my DSLR camera and a good macro lens may have just shot to tho top thinking of some cool stuff I could do.

 

[thujone]

thanks i'm having a lot of fun with these, here's some more

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WHEEEE!

 

[alasdairm]

^ nice. the world looks very different through a macro lens.

alasdair

 

[Klue]

Excellent photos and educational at the same time

 

[thujone]

cheers guys, glad it was informative will deffo keep that in mind for next time

 

[thujone]

this is a vacuum fluorescent display. in the 80s and 90s the majority of small high-contrast displays were wee vacuum tubes with some kind of light filter in front, usually green or amber. most VCR and microwave oven and in-car displays were vacuum fluorescent, so this was popular tech until around the time CRT displays started to fall out of fashion.

the design is basically that of a triode and there's a good article on the role of the control grid (honeycomb filament) that lies between the cathodes and anodes. basically, the heated cathodes shoot electrons through the grid at the phosphor-coated anodes which glow in response. is it just me, or does that sound a bit pornographic?

 

[SKL]

Anyone have/have experience with this Nikon 40mm macro lens? Price wise definitely at the low end of the market but would it be a good lens for me to get for first experiments with macro? Or other suggestions?

 

[Klue]

Another quality thujone post. I've probably looked at the time on my microwave at least 20 times today but never thought further than that.

Some tabs I have open will be bookmarked because I've got an inkling that my watch has a LCD display. Display types, excellent.

 

[thujone]

thanks the right-underneath-our-noses aspect is what i found interesting about it as well. was hoping to light it up but found the vac seal broken, would take ~3kV to do so now and i don't have the equipment