'notebook' camera

[john.margetts]

Recently, I bought a Panasonic DMC-TZ80 camera. This is intended as a light camera I can always carry with me to take 'notes' of interesting things I see before returning at a later date with the heavy kit (and heavy is becoming very much an issue with me) to do a 'proper job' of the ideas. I am not wanting it to produce stupendous pictures, merely aides-memoire.

Today, I visited Lincoln Cathedral on the way to buy Bestbeloved's Christmas present. I am interested in the grotesques at the sky-line and higher. I have to say, I am very impressed with the images that this camera has produced, particularly as I was hand-holding on a dull day with the equivalent of a full-frame 720 mm lens.
To give an idea as to how far away (i.e. high up) these grotesques are, the first picture has their location outlined in red. The first three grotesques are new carvings to replace the mediaeval carvings that have weathered away. The last carvings are higher again (and are not grotesques - they are real people!).

St Hugh - the bishop who 'built' the cathedral

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[astroNikon]

Recently, I bought a Panasonic DMC-TZ80 camera. This is intended as a light camera I can always carry with me to take 'notes' of interesting things I see before returning at a later date with the heavy kit (and heavy is becoming very much an issue with me) to do a 'proper job' of the ideas. I am not wanting it to produce stupendous pictures, merely aides-memoire.

Today, I visited Lincoln Cathedral on the way to buy Bestbeloved's Christmas present. I am interested in the grotesques at the sky-line and higher. I have to say, I am very impressed with the images that this camera has produced, particularly as I was hand-holding on a dull day with the equivalent of a full-frame 720 mm lens.
To give an idea as to how far away (i.e. high up) these grotesques are, the first picture has their location outlined in red. The first three grotesques are new carvings to replace the mediaeval carvings that have weathered away. The last carvings are higher again (and are not grotesques - they are real people!).

St Hugh - the bishop who 'built' the cathedral

Unknown piper

for some reason I only see the first picture.

 

[john.margetts]

Not sure what has happened. Was working fine.

 

[snowbear]

Yes, only the first one is visible to me, as well.

 

[john.margetts]

I do not understand! On my desktop machine, all the photos are there but on my tablet only the first one.

 

[jcdeboever]

I only see one image as well, bummer because I like those things as well. I am often impressed by my Canon SX60HS which is a rival of what you are using. I shot this in the digital zoom range (1365mm), hand held, but want to go back with a tripod to shoot again. I do not have a lens with the reach this thing has, so as long as I have a remote, tripod, and turn off the stabilization, I should get a very nice image. This building was 20 stories? and this was at the top corner...

IMO, I do not need to break out the DSLR but simply maximize what the 1/2.3" sensor has to offer. I guess I could go out and buy a used Nikon 800 f5.6 ED IF AIS with a TC 301 and shoot it on a Nikon FM with TMax 400 and push it a stop or two, not to mention the work it would take in the darkroom to get the exposure even (thanks to the TC) across the frame. For the time being, I will stick with the crammed CMOS sensor....

 

[john.margetts]

Try this one by one.

New carving to replace mediaeval carving

 

[john.margetts]

Two new carvings to replace mediaeval carvings. See picture in first post for their position on the cathedral.

 

[john.margetts]

St Hugh, the bishop who 'built' Lincoln Cathedral

Unknown piper

These two must be around 200 feet above ground level.

 

[jcdeboever]

Those are really neat.

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[roger_rob13]

Wow! Very impressive.

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[john.margetts]

Some more grotesques from Lincoln cathedral. Again, these are really just visual 'notes' and I shall return with the EOS 80D and a tripod when energy allows to take higher quality versions. The focus is not quite as good on these as it is with the previous images - perhaps Xmas has had an effect?

 

[john.margetts]