<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>that is the lens on the camera - it isn't really that telephoto in real terms - for instance if it were on a Bolex camera it would give a nice 'wide'<br><br></div>the fact that this camera has such a small sensor means that it is only seeing a tiny portion of the lens and appears to be telephoto.<br><br></div>This would make quite a wild webcam with this lens... especially if you had a nice view across Swansea Bay - biggest drawback with this lens is the manual iris<br><br></div>If I were to use this camera I might be tempted to get a lens with a motorised iris so I could control the lens... shame it is Firewire and not USB, it would be a lot more useful (with a RPi for instance) if it were USB :-/<br><br></div><div>Looking on eBay earlier I saw some 150mm 'C' Mount telephoto lenses - with something like that you could probably pick out Verdis Ice Cream from Cafe Renos in Port Talbot! :-) Evil Scientist springs to mind...<br><br></div><div>The lens screws off easily and that big collar could come off in a jiffy<br></div><div><br></div>Em<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 September 2014 11:02, Ceri Clatworthy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ceri.clatworthy@gmail.com" target="_blank">ceri.clatworthy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">cool,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">is the photo without any additional lens ?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Ceri</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Emyr Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:em@preseli.com" target="_blank">em@preseli.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>Ceri<br><br>This is a screen cap from the camera<br><br>The chimney is about 100m - no trickery on the computer - that is how telephoto the lens is with such a small sensor.<br><br><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/egxz4aqrgp8de8u/Screenshot%202014-09-18%2010.25.09.png?dl=0" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/egxz4aqrgp8de8u/Screenshot%202014-09-18%2010.25.09.png?dl=0</a><span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">Em<br clear="all"><div><div><br>-- <br>Mob: 07836 267426<br><br>This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.<br> <br>Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig.
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