nik
spending too much on rocks
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Post by nik on Apr 26, 2021 5:10:45 GMT -5
I finally got a new phone, and this time around, the camera was one of the primary concerns. The polished face on the opal is about 50 x 18mm I left them at full resolution, sorry if they are too big  IMG_20210426_194805 by nik1924, on Flickr  IMG_20210426_194827 by nik1924, on Flickr |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 26, 2021 6:45:21 GMT -5
drooling
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Post by Peruano on Apr 26, 2021 7:53:39 GMT -5
You didn't tell us what brand/model of phone/camera.
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Post by jasoninsd on Apr 26, 2021 7:54:04 GMT -5
Okay...you gotta fess up what phone you got!  Those pics are amazingly good for a phone camera...I want to upgrade my phone as I prefer to take pics with my phone rather than an entire camera setup. Gorgeous opal to boot!  |
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Post by miket on Apr 26, 2021 9:16:35 GMT -5
Wow, beautiful!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 26, 2021 9:23:09 GMT -5
Holy moley, that is one stunning piece of Koroit!
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electrocutus
spending too much on rocks
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Post by electrocutus on Apr 26, 2021 9:29:33 GMT -5
Wow! It looks like fluorescent graffiti... in a very good way!! It is gorgeous.
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Post by opalpyrexia on Apr 26, 2021 9:40:16 GMT -5
I'm impressed by the broad range of color that your camera captured in the opal's fire. Would you say that the fire in these photos is a good match with what your eyes see?
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Brian
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by Brian on Apr 26, 2021 10:43:33 GMT -5
I cheated and looked at the camera info because that is so impressive! It looks like that is one of those joint products that lives up to the name! The colors are spectacular!
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nik
spending too much on rocks
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Post by nik on Apr 26, 2021 12:38:21 GMT -5
Thanks everybody, The phone is a OnePlus 9, The pictures were taken with stock settings, in macro mode, with a cheap led to brighten the room. I'd say the color is fairly close to what I see, but the light I was using seems to wash out the red-orange end of the spectrum.
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Post by RickB on Apr 26, 2021 13:56:36 GMT -5
Okay...you gotta fess up what phone you got! Those pics are amazingly good for a phone camera...I want to upgrade my phone as I prefer to take pics with my phone rather than an entire camera setup. Gorgeous opal to boot! Jason, this phone worked great for me and the payment plan was an easy "pay as you go" plan. Just drop a quarter in the slot when you wanted to use it.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Apr 26, 2021 14:10:31 GMT -5
Okay...you gotta fess up what phone you got! Those pics are amazingly good for a phone camera...I want to upgrade my phone as I prefer to take pics with my phone rather than an entire camera setup. Gorgeous opal to boot! Jason, this phone worked great for me and the payment plan was an easy "pay as you go" plan. Just drop a quarter in the slot when you wanted to use it. I miss those days Rick! LOL I'm old enough to remember when the call was LESS than a quarter! LOL - I used to tell people my "old" cell phone was a quarter taped to the inside of my backpack...only to be used for "emergencies" at the time! That was back in the day when there was a payphone on just about every corner! Ahhh...the good old days... |
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Apr 27, 2021 18:35:55 GMT -5
ten cent pay phone, you called the house and if no one was home your tried again later. We had 4 channels on TV. you had to be in the house by the time the street lights came on. No seatbelts, and if you were really good on the ride home you might get ice cream at Anderson's soft custard! (I loved when the flavor of the day was cinnamon). You stopped to get gas and the gas jockey pumped the gas, checked the oil, AND washed the windshield! Oh and search lights at the car dealership. Man I loved riding around watching those lights, hoping against hope we would get close enough to see where they came from.
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Post by paulshiroma on Apr 27, 2021 19:31:35 GMT -5
I started reading reviews of this handset. Very impressive: "The OnePlus 9 has a triple rear camera setup, though you’ll probably only realize that you’re using two of them. The 48MP main camera and 50MP ultra-wide camera are what you’ll use most, while the 2MP monochrome sensor helps with low-light photography, and with black-and-white photos if you set the correct filter...[the]improved color reproduction is evident in images taken with both rear cameras, the 48MP main and 50MP ultra-wide. The latter camera also packs an extra surprise: a specialty macro mode that captures up-close photos that are easily better than those shot on other phones with designated macro lenses, including the OnePlus 8T. It also comes with a freeforming lens, which OnePlus claims corrects barrel distortion – the warping at the sides of images from some ultra-wide cameras – down to 1%, and it appears to work, as we didn’t notice any distortion." www.techradar.com/reviews/oneplus-9-reviewWish my carrier supported this! |
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nik
spending too much on rocks
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Post by nik on Apr 28, 2021 6:05:37 GMT -5
Just for fun, I pulled another opal out of the riker mount, just to see if the first pictures were flukes.  IMG_20210428_205238 by nik1924, on Flickr this one is much smaller, 18x9mm. I never noticed the fracture in it until seeing it at this magnification |
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Post by miket on Apr 28, 2021 9:15:52 GMT -5
Wow! Nope, not a fluke. Another amazing stone! |
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