TG-4 P&S stacked focus performance

And to add, digital receivers are getting smaller. Meaning lenses can get smaller and thinner. Allowing less light blockage.
Smaller lightweight cameras. Cheaper, but high performance.
Look at the tiny lenses in a S8 Samsung cell phone. Killer photos. Cell phone is a lucrative device. Lots of money pouring in to their technology.
Lots of technological focus on the built in tiny camera of cell phones. A fine camera that is 3/8" long ?? 1/2" diameter....Large demand for high performing cell phone camera.

I doubt the bulky DSLR as we know it will be around much longer. Big expensive lenses with big chunks of high grade glass will not be needed.

May go this way. Perhaps cell phones with precision lens mounts. It is difficult to find these cell lenses for more than $50.
That is like an 18X telephoto, no one wants to buy that for a DSLR. $31 @ Amazon.
These guys are not playing.

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01C56PD76/ezvid02-20



History of lenses:

It was these single-element lenses that adorned the first cameras developed in the 19th century. Crude as they were, the lenses produced a lot of artifacts, as well as a significant amount of field distortion. By the late 1800s, however, photographers and lens manufacturers had begun to combine lens elements to cut down on distortion and to create clearer images that allowed more light to pass onto the exposure surface.

Fast forward another century, and the cell phone age is in full swing. Right there alongside it, the digital photography revolution roils on, and before long the two worlds collide, as several phone manufacturers integrate simple cameras into their cell phone bodies. It starts out seeming like a novelty, but by the time the first iPhones hit shelves in 2007, phone cameras begin to look like serious contenders among casual photographers.

The camera industry responded by trying to make everything about their systems smaller, going so far as to do away with the reflex mirror in their most expensive and prestigious models, with Canon and Nikon notably holding out against the tide. They'll come around, eventually, but by then everybody will have a good phone and a better set of lenses like these for it.

He has a rule. 1000 images a day, or no bourbon at bedtime. He missed on day 4.

Well if you're averaging 30 pictures per shot/stack, your only talking about 128 shots (stacked pictures), over 4 days.  The processing is the time suck, especially when you're not very good at it!

Here's a couple stacks from the batch.  Photos are between 25 & 30 shots and averaged 4-5 seconds to get the group.    Consistent lighting is still the biggest obstacle.  With lower lighting and higher ISO to compensate, some of the pictures are a little grainy.  #4 was illuminated with a flashlight as an experiment.  Might have to play with the white balance next time. 

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4.  Used a flashlight to illuminate.

5.  Banana Spider

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I probably do need group Help!  It's really sad that I've finished 2 batches of rocks and have zero pictures to show for it!  I tried to take some photos with the new camera and hated the results.  I tried different lighting, angles, camera settings, etc. and never found anything that I was satisfied with!  I need to go back and read Garage Rocker's thread on lighting setup.  I'm not gonna be able to pick up any strobes for a while, so Hope I can find some sort of solution!  I won't be ditching rocks or photography, just need to find a balance!

Yes. I agree.

That image is pure art. Totally amazing. Gorgeous defined. Nature personified.

Wow!!

Holy Crap!  Not sure it deserves all that, but now I the humbled one!  That means a great deal, coming from you!  

As I am finding out, the advancement of equipment and photo rendering software has made it much easier for novices to produce higher quality photos.  Getting to be like Autotune for singers.  25 years ago you had to develop your film to see if you had the right settings for the shot.  Now you have a full color LCD screen that gives you immediate feedback.  Much more skill involved back in the day.  

"A" is the more rational choice and I don't think you'll need much!

Thanks, again Scott!

Projector ? What is this device about ?

Yes, insects are totally Sci Fi. Hollywood should mimic. I believe a dragon fly eats several hundred mosquitos a day.
Mandibles, barbed feet and legs, multiple lens eyes, eating on the fly, super maneuverability, things of evil sorcery. True killing machines.

11.5 inch projected image or 11.5 inch LED screen ?

Getting bonfire ready.

LCD projection too?

I quit