So I’m sitting here looking at a black widow on my porch and it’s a big fat fucker. I wanted to take a pic but I don’t want to get too close. Yet the image my camera picks up looks like I am trying to snap the pic from the opposite wall of the porch when I’m only about 2 feet from the spider. Why is that?
I assume you’re using a phone, and phone cameras are created to excel in the average situation. Photos of people, and photos of places people have been. So they use a 28mm(ish) lens because it’s nice and wide and fits everyone in the picture, and fits in your cool mountain range you visited last summer.
Macro images aren’t needed most of the time. If you need a macro, you could use a camera with for example a Nikon AI-s 105mm f/2.5 lens, you’ll get insane macro shots of your giant spider with incredible amounts of detail. (like this)
AmidFuror@kbin.social 1 year ago
Two reasons. One, you may be using a wide angle lens, which makes things look farther away, but as a tradeoff gives you a wider field of view.
Two, you may be viewing the image on the tiny camera screen instead of on a large TV. The image has been shrunk to fit the screen.
Try using a zoom lens or zooming into the digital image on a larger screen.
Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev 1 year ago
#2. I like #2.