SF Pano from the usual spot on Twin Peaks

BTinSF · #1 Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 9:02 PM**

Source: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/V610/V610A.HTM

I'm not sure who actually took it.

Derek · #2 Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 9:06 PM**

nice

i like the port activity in this one

Grumpy · #3 Posted **Apr 1, 2007, 6:31 AM**

how old is this picture ?

BTinSF · #4 Posted **Apr 1, 2007, 8:22 AM**

^^^I don't know for sure. There does not appear to be a crane for the One Rincon Hill construction so that makes it over a year old. On the other hand, it was taken with a Kodak V610 camera which is a current model. I'm not sure when it came on the market but I doubt more than 2 years or so ago. So a good guess would be that it was taken in 2005 (or possibly 2004) and the grass appears to be brown putting it in summer or fall. Why?

fflint · #5 Posted **Apr 3, 2007, 1:37 AM**

It's not a very sharp photo, but it is certainly wide-ranging.

Urban Sky · #6 Posted **Apr 4, 2007, 12:02 AM**

there are a lot of ships out there...dang! nice find!

BTinSF · #7 Posted **Apr 4, 2007, 12:10 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by fflint

It's not a very sharp photo, but it is certainly wide-ranging.

The camera that took it is a small, pocket rangefinder digicam from Kodak with a 10x OPTICAL zoom capability. It's really something of a design wonder. But, of course, the trade-off for minimal size and huge zoom capability is slightly less than sharpness of focus at high zoom.

I have actually ordered a competing model from Panasonic with a different design. Whereas the Kodak uses 2 separate built-in lenses and switches between them depending on the level of zoom you select, the Panasonic has a single complex and high quality lens from Leica. It also does wide angle. I'm hoping to have a lot of fun with it although reportedly it also has some fuzz-making "lens flare" at maximal zoom.

Urban Sky · #8 Posted **Apr 4, 2007, 2:41 AM**

^what model is it?