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Archive 2012 · What lens for Area 51?

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p.1 #1 · What lens for Area 51?

If you had the opportunity to shoot Area 51, what lens body combination(s) would you take?

My contribution to the “What lens would you choose?” question.

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Jan 30, 2012 at 01:49 AM

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p.1 #2 · What lens for Area 51?

If you could get, "on-site"..they wouldn't let you have a camera.
If you could get to a mountain to shoot it from a distance, something like 5000mm. But, I think the govt increased the land they own around it...to prevent folks from camping out and taking pics.

Jan 30, 2012 at 01:51 AM

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p.1 #3 · What lens for Area 51?

1200mm + TC 2x + some crop 1.6x.

Jan 30, 2012 at 01:53 AM

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p.1 #4 · What lens for Area 51?

What is Area 51?

Jan 30, 2012 at 02:04 AM

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p.1 #5 · What lens for Area 51?

The lens you want exists, but you have to get into orbit to take a look at it.

Jan 30, 2012 at 02:07 AM

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p.1 #6 · What lens for Area 51?

You'll need a lens to work with your infrared camera. Everyone knows you can't see extraterrestrials in visible light.

Edited on Jan 30, 2012 at 05:03 PM · View previous versions

Jan 30, 2012 at 02:11 AM

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p.1 #7 · What lens for Area 51?

Isn't that place underground ? Or is it Area 52 that you are talking about ?

Jan 30, 2012 at 02:13 AM

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p.1 #8 · What lens for Area 51?

It's the place where all Playboy bunnies go to swim around.

Chumma wrote:
What is Area 51?

Jan 30, 2012 at 02:15 AM

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p.1 #9 · What lens for Area 51?

I thought that was Area 54.

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Jan 30, 2012 at 02:19 AM

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p.1 #10 · What lens for Area 51?

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Jan 30, 2012 at 02:30 AM

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p.1 #11 · What lens for Area 51?

Extraterrestrial Orbital System (EOS) camera with a Trilithium Subspace-Emission (TS-E) lens.

Jan 30, 2012 at 02:33 AM

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p.1 #12 · What lens for Area 51?

800mm + doubler + adapter mount with X.X factor + Micro 4/3rds camera. Also as in a Nikon system - 1000mm +TC-201 + FT-1 + V1 = 5,400mm I think. Will need a steady tripod or stable rock. Good Luck.

Jan 30, 2012 at 03:00 AM

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p.1 #13 · What lens for Area 51?

lmsat 4000

Jan 30, 2012 at 04:21 AM

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p.1 #14 · What lens for Area 51?

hdavid Wrote:

800mm + doubler + adapter mount with X.X factor + Micro 4/3rds camera. Also as in a Nikon system - 1000mm +TC-201 + FT-1 + V1 = 5,400mm I think. Will need a steady tripod or stable rock. Good Luck.

Jan 30, 2012 at 04:34 AM

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p.1 #15 · What lens for Area 51?

kirry007 wrote: Isn't that place underground ?

Not most of it.

Jan 30, 2012 at 04:47 AM

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p.1 #16 · What lens for Area 51?

I remember when Google Earth first came out and captured it, and then they de-classified A51.

Jan 30, 2012 at 05:15 AM

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p.1 #17 · What lens for Area 51?

Dustin Gent wrote:
I remember when Google Earth first came out and captured it, and then they de-classified A51.

Google Maps/Earth didn't really photograph it. Rather, they leased/purchased the satellite photos from a non-US Gov't agency that had photographed the location (I heard it was from the Russians, but I can't find the source anymore).

As to de-classified, the gov't has only acknowledged that something exists in that vicinity and nothing more.

Jan 30, 2012 at 05:26 AM

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p.1 #18 · What lens for Area 51?

Dustin Gent wrote: I remember when Google Earth first came out and captured it, and then they de-classified A51.

kakomu wrote:Google Maps/Earth didn't really photograph it. Rather, they leased/purchased the satellite photos from a non-US Gov't agency that had photographed the location (I heard it was from the Russians, but I can't find the source anymore).

That's correct, Sovinformsputnik, although there are images from the late '60s taken by USGS/NASA as well.

More recent IKONOS images are available at several sites, including the Federation of American Scientists' site:

http://www.fas.org/irp/overhead/ikonos_040400_overview_02-f.htm

Jan 30, 2012 at 05:46 AM

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p.1 #19 · What lens for Area 51?

Canon 50 1.0 (with a camera made from its box).

Jan 30, 2012 at 06:36 AM

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p.1 #20 · What lens for Area 51?

Jefferson wrote:
If you had the opportunity to shoot Area 51, what lens body combination(s) would you take?

My contribution to the “What lens would you choose?” question.

Jefferson

1200mm with a pair of 2x extenders

Jan 30, 2012 at 06:36 AM

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