Or a better zoom. Twice as much zoom is the same as 4x as many pixels. Or it
means I don't have to use the digital zoom and throw away my pixels.
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD"
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Wrong, Chris. Zoom is a squared function. .85 mp with 3x OPTICAL zoom is the
equivalent of 7.6MP! And 3MP with a 10x optical zoom is equivalent to 19MP
with your 4x optical zoom! That's why I want the bigger optical zoom.
Because RSOs WON'T let you sit 40' from a J motor when launched, which is
what you'd have to do to get the equivalent of being 100' away with a 10X
zoom.
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OK, tell me about the silver "sputnik"ish rocket third from the end...
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD"
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Bob and all. I just posted four rapid fire pictures taken at 4x optical zoom
on my 3mp camera taekn from about 500-700 feet away and 100 feet up higher
ground of Mark Palmer's K motor rocket flown at MIS last month. I could have
gotten about 150 feet from it, but I wanted to take these shots from far
away. I like them that way on the big guys some times.
Their posted on the alt bin model rocket
Critic away.
Art
After looking at this thread and then reading about the cameras last
night, I would lean toward the Fuji if I were buying right now. The
Toshiba uses Cannon optics and its shutter lag is a little better, but
the Fuji has more cool features and looks nicer to me. Almost a toss up.
tim
Hey Bob another option for you !!
Ritz Camera has the Minolta DImage S414 camera for $350 !!
4mp 4x zoom (AND you can get 2x and 2.5x tele adaptors fromebay cheap !!)
making it possible to get 8x or even 10x zoom from it.
its Compact Flash (good)
you can also get an IR remote for it (nice touch) and a slide adaptor to
digitize slides (search ebay with this criteria no quotes "(minolta, dimage)
s414"
I would not buy the camera their just accessories later on.
check out steve's digicams for shutter lag and what not (I have not fully
read it yet) but it might be a VERY nice option for you at 4mp at that !!
My friend just got it today for $350 at Ritz Camera. I will have a chance to
"play" with it tuesday I will let you know what I think.
Chris Taylor
But usually anything with better zoom is either expensive or already has a
high MP rating.
Either which way you will be using that camera for "rocketry" only a small
amount of the time. so for you other normal shots you are punished with less
MP for making prints.
Chris Taylor
that might be how the math seems to work out but I have yet to see this in
practical application.
ALthough this might have to do with the fact that my 3x is not the same as
other expected 3x's
IE the nikon has a VERY wide angle view. so when I zoom in 3x I am first
making up for the ultra wide angle (equivalent to 28mm)
this might explain it.
IE even zoom out other cameras are already zoomed in more than I am when
zoomed out so to speak.
but I use the wide angle feature far more than I use the zoom feature. Zoom
is pretty much only used for slight cropping adjustment and rocketry.
I have a 2x adapter I use so I have in reality 6x zoom on my nikon. I got a
3x adaptor for it too much for the camera IE only the center is in focus.
the rest is blurry making it useless.
Chris Taylor
Unless AS I ALREADY STATED you are either getting very close of have a long
lens you are "not" correct. You also have to account for the fact that the
D1 can shoot at 4.5 FPS FAR higher than most consumer level digicams. Oh
wait. the D1 is not a Consumer Level Digicam. Oh and that 1/6000th sec
shutter speed. Drool. again way out of my league (price wise) when it was at
its prime.
that is unless we have differing meanings of "great liftoff" shots.
to me a great lift off shot is one where the rocket is 80% as long as the
paper I am printing on so around 9-10 inches) and I see no jaggies.
THAT is a great lift off shot to me. anything les it livable (I can not
afford a better camera INCLUDING the D1)
Now the last straw that totally FLOPS your D1.
Hmmm even today of this DISCONTINUED camera. Hmmm ? THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
!!!
OUCH !
No Offense man but that camera does not count anymore than the 1ds counts.
they are just simply outside the realm of reality for most of us.
Sure I can catch SOME AWESOME photos with a high end 6x6 but do I have the
money for even a LENS for such a camera ? No its likely saying. well just
buy a lambroghini or an S7
sure give me the half mil I need :-)
Chris Taylor
Are you kidding ? their is massive lag on the D1.
It called the lag time from now till when I have 3 grand to plunk down on a
3mp camera :-) hehehe
No offense man but that camera is light years above most normal peoples
budgets.
Chris Taylor
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