RE: Camera

Oh- you bought a macro lens.... I got it now....wait a minute... that
doesn't sound right.. to infinity... every lens has limits....

But Kitty is right, most times wide-angle and fish eye are the same lens...

Now you guys have me confused!

Donna

> 
> There is a fish-eye lens available for my camera. Can't figure out why
> I'd want one.
> 
> Avocado blooms are small--about the size of a shirt button, max.
> 
> 0.8" means, essentially, you can get that close [0.8"] and still be in
> focus.
> 
> Camera shoots 8,000 pixels per inch; doesn't matter whether you're 0.8"
> or infinity feet from the object.
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at 05:54 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart
> National Hearing Center wrote:
> 
> > Jim,
> > Can a wide angle lens on a digital camera produce a fish-eye like it
> > would
> > on an SLR?  Are avacado blooms wide? What does [resolution to 0.8"]
> > mean in
> > regard to the end product? (I tend to think of resolution in dots per
> > inch,
> > like 300 dpi, so I don't understand the .8 inch resolution.
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 2:59 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Camera
> >
> >
> >> Hey! The wide angle lens [resolution to 0.8"] for the new camera
> >> arrived today. Now if the weather will cooperate, quit raining and
> >> warm
> >> up 10 degrees, I can play around a whole bunch in the garden. Maybe
> >> even get a decent picture of an avocado bloom--something I've been
> >> trying to do for at least 3 years.
> >>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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