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What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« on: October 01, 2009, 10:07:14 PM »
...a Z scale camera.





(No jokes about big telephoto lenses, please...)
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2009, 10:13:36 PM »
There's something very wrong with you, David... ;D
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2009, 10:19:24 PM »
thinner than the ridges on a finger...wow
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2009, 12:02:37 AM »
Quote from: Dave Vollmer on October 01, 2009, 10:13:36 PM
There's something very wrong with you, David... ;D

Some of David's earlier work?



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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2009, 07:38:28 AM »
SHorten up that strap or the guiy will have to be hunchbacked.  And a lens that long very often has a monopod under it for added stability.

Still - incredible work.  You will be seeling those at Timonium for what $4.95 each? ;D
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2009, 09:01:19 AM »
Quote from: Philip H on October 02, 2009, 07:38:28 AM
And a lens that long very often has a monopod under it for added stability.

Bah. Monopods are for sissies.
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2009, 04:31:49 PM »
David, who's your optometrist? I really want to see him.
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2009, 05:08:53 PM »
Quote from: sirenwerks on October 02, 2009, 04:31:49 PM
David, who's your optometrist? I really want to see him.

CVS. I bought a pair of reading glasses.


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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2009, 01:35:02 PM »
Update: I rebuilt the camera. Didn't like the shape of the lens. Refresh the page to see the new photos at the top.
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2009, 02:27:32 PM »
Quote from: David K. Smith on October 03, 2009, 01:35:02 PM
Update: I rebuilt the camera. Didn't like the shape of the lens. Refresh the page to see the new photos at the top.

much better - less metaphoric!
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2009, 04:18:18 PM »
Holy crap!  Incredible work David.

I was showing your station scene to a friend the other day to show just how realistic z-scale can be.  Now you're putting cameras on your people!  Sheesh!  What's next?
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2009, 05:02:02 PM »
Next you need to make him looking at his railroad style pocket watch.....
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2009, 05:43:10 PM »
Quote from: Freighttrain on October 03, 2009, 05:02:02 PM
Next you need to make him looking at his railroad style pocket watch.....

Admittedly this is a bit out of my reach (yeah, shucks), but how about this... here's one of the slides he took:

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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2009, 07:57:11 PM »
Incredible. I love the slide.
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Re: What you need to take Z scale pictures...
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2009, 08:48:25 PM »
The second attempt is definitely better - but I still want to see the monopod!
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