-
Similar Content
-
-
Posts
-
Sometimes questions about cameras' resolution and astrophotography pop up. More often the questions are noise related, but 'are more pixels better' has its fans. 'Sometimes, it depends' is about the best answer out there. I think maybe it is better to instead ask back 'do you use your camera for daytime photography as well and do you like the images you get?' If so, then stick with the camera you have. Everything from pixel size to smoke levels or turbulence in the atmosphere to the telescopes' optical limits and so much more impact how images turn out. There are so many rabbit holes to fall into, that if you go down into them, it may be many years before anyone sees you come up for air. 😄 There are two things though that can be said 'with certainty' about using a higher resolution camera in place of your current gear: 1. The angle of view becomes wider in the higher resolution camera's image. Think of it as if you use a normal lens to get a photo, then put on a wide angle lens and take the same photo. The region covered by the higher resolution camera is wider. 2. The supporting equipment; mount, tripod, image processing gear, etc. etc. become much more [expletive deleted] expensive 😇, that is you need a sturdier tripod and mount, more computer -- drive space and powerful processors, and so forth and so on. From last night's Sturgeon Moon, an example: Both of these images are taken of the same subject using the same lens, at just about the same time, but with two different camera bodies. I got a first set of images, took the first camera body off of the lens, put the second camera body onto the lens and got a second set of images.Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here…
Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!
Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm. F16, 1/60s, ISO 160. 6240 pixels x 4160 pixels. Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm. F16, 1/60s, ISO 200. 4896 pixels x 3264 pixels. Okay, so they look the same or close enough. That is because both images have been scaled to 900 pixels wide. That and the essentially empty backgrounds are misleading. Here are crops from the full size images: 1801 x 1505 pixels (scaled to 900 pixels wide in this image) from 6240 x 4160 pixels leaves 4439 pixels wide for other stuff. 1178 x 1205 pixels (scaled to 900 pixels wide in this image) from 4896 x 3264 pixels leaves 3718 pixels wide for other stuff. If you like your camera's images, use it for daytime and night photography. There is not much good in chasing resolution hoping more pixels will better resolve astronomical objects just like they do in the daytime images, making the fluff on distant bird feathers pop out. As a thought, those beautiful images from the Hubble are made using "The UV/optical channel has two CCDs, each 2048×4096 pixels, while the IR detector is 1024×1024." (*1) The new James Webb Telescope is using an array of 4 megapixel cameras similar to how terrestrial giga-pixel images are made. (*2) I believe other agencies such as the European Space Agency (ESA) do something similar with their gear. *1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Field_Camera_3 *2 https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/58179/4-megapixels-seems-rather-low-why-werent-james-webbs-sensors-updated-to-highe Sturgeon Super Moon: https://nasaspacenews.com/2025/08/sturgeon-moon-2025-two-magical-nights-under-one-full-moon/ edited to upload the correct cropped images. -
Have a look at the video from pal2tech, it seems like there are some confusing and/or non-intuitive things to trip over in the bluetooth setup since this firmware update. -
You have to delete the device (camera) in the phone's bluetooth settings first, then it can be removed in the X-App. The pal2tech bloke goes over some of the confusing and non-intuitive stuff in this video
-
By Ian Butson · Posted
Hello Steve I was interested in your post regards the Bluetooth problem since the recent firmware update. It is causing me problems too. You have a One plus 12 and I have Oppo Find X8 Pro which also runs on colour OS, my version is 15.0.0.840 Basically I believe these phones probably come out of the same Factory in China. They are great devices. I paired my Fujifilm X100VI seamlessly on the old firmware and was amazed how firmware could be upgraded through Bluetooth/WiFi using an app as my Lumix, Sony, Nikon FF gear was the usual download update, ectract bin file. Copy to formatted card, fully charged battery and update through menu. Upgraded to a new firmware with ease some months ago when first getting X100VI. Had to reset phone without unpairing, another issue with Google pay. Unrelated. Reconnected camera to my Oppo, saw notification about firmware update in last 10 days. Upgraded to the latest through Bluetooth/WiFi direct.. Took a while but was successfully updated. Then I have to re-pair the phone, now it says to remove the previous device X100VI, so I follow procedure to forget the previous pairing. However it doesn't get rid of it and I ended up doing reset network settings on camera. Didn't work either. Then I did a factory reset of the entire camera which is a pain as you have to set up the whole thing again and I didn't really back up my settings. Anyway, this also didn't work so I ended up doing another factory reset of my Oppo phone. After setting that up, the problem is still there. Can't get rid of the original pairing. Huge disappointment, loads of time wasted to no avail. I'm in Australia so I've got on to Fujifilm Aus. The representative was fantastic and he walked me through all the trouble shooting steps. Exhausted all avenues and had to accept defeat. He did mention that a lot of people had contacted them and were having issues since this new firmware upgrade. So we can only hope that they might do another firmware patch to fix the problem or update Fujifilm X App. I am almost ready to sell this camera after these dramas. Considering maybe going back to Sony, Nikon, Lumix (2nd Gen). All pricey stuff. Look forward to hearing from you. Cheers Ian -
Thanks, pw-pix! I am planning to buy the Fuji lens this weekend Mike
-
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now