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Invisiblekoraks
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Re: Cameras Known For Excellence When Photographing Fungi [Re: Thomas Envisio] * 2
    #28154989 - 01/24/23 06:18 AM (1 year, 4 days ago)

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Thomas Envisio said:
If anyone else has recommendations or insights, please feel welcome to reply below. I hope this helps multiple contributors.



Pick the camera with the smallest sensor that still yields the image quality you require. Smaller sensor = larger depth of field (for all intents and purposes; we can get complicated if you want), and especially with smaller species, you'll find yourself running out of DoF a lot of the time. Especially since you're often working in low-light situations.

So if it's for mushroom photography mostly/exclusively, I'd shy away from anything 'full frame'. Also, dSLR's aren't the most appropriate tool for the job anymore IMO. Get something with an articulated screen, which makes it a lot more convenient to work near forest floors etc.

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Thomas Envisio said:
'I use the Olympus Tough TG-6. Great macro and low light photos. Tell them to buy the ring flash, too!'



Sound advice, and fits what I stated above. A ring flash certainly is a nice addition, although today's decent high-ISO performance of cameras (even with smaller sensors) makes it less necessary than back when I was very active in this field.

I've made quite good mushroom photos with a smartphone, too. They tend to have very tiny sensors, so lots of depth of field; close focus capabilities are usually quite good (accessories are available to extend this into true macro range) and the wide angle view they offer is often quite pleasing. A phone isn't the prime candidate for the tiniest of species, but for most mushrooms, it'll do quite nicely. Mine is a very modest entry-level Samsung and it performs really quite decently for this kind of thing. Also, the saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you. A phone often fits that bill.

Here's some Amanita muscaria, shot with my smartphone.




PS: once upon a time, I wrote a mushroom photography tutorial for this forum. Can't remember when this was, but must have been way over a decade ago. It was a sticky post on this forum for years. I have never revisited it since, but some of the suggestions may still make sense today: http://www.koraks.nl/index.php?menuparent=&page=9
The technical stuff about cameras is outdated; mirrorless simply didn't exist back then, compact cameras were relatively poor in quality, phones were still limited to making calls and sending texts etc.


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InvisibleThomas Envisio
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Re: Cameras Known For Excellence When Photographing Fungi [Re: Thomas Envisio]
    #28212362 - 03/03/23 11:16 AM (10 months, 20 days ago)

Greetings To All Of You!

Below are some comments I generally send to new contributors, and it is meant in a completely polite, cordial manner - without critique or demanding standards of anyone. Please have a glance.


Creating Your Observations

Hello There. When you first endeavor to photograph fungi, you probably will need some tips for making observations. Some folks obtain poor photographs taken in excess haste, and others take professional level photographs that not only take lots of time in the field, they also can require software processing. Regardless of what camera you use and the amount of time you invest, the following photographs should be sought out whenever possible - in an ideal situation. It's especially important to do this when dealing with rare fungi. This will help identifiers.

Pileus


Gills/Teeth/Pores/False Gills/Etc.


Stipe


Stipe Base


Annulus


Cut In Half


Spore Print


Substrate With Primordia


Habitat


The Completely Dried Collection Awaiting Analysis


Spores Via Microscopy


Cheilocystidia


Pleurocystidia


Pileipellis



Mycelium On Antibiotic Agar In Petri Dishes



By taking multiple excellent photos, the odds increase for proper identification. This will not only help you and others in the localities you travel to, it will help mycologists and those saving rare fungi to prevent extinctions and endangerments. Cheers!




Mushroom collectors really ought to consider spore prints when posting their observations. The spore print is an easy way to assist in the identification process. A spore print is a gathering of many, many spores ejected from the gills, pores, or other spore-bearing surface. Although spores are individually invisible to the un-aided, un-magnified eye, when hundreds of thousands or millions of spores appear in a spore print, they leave a color which is taxonomically helpful. Spore prints can also be used to grow mycelium, and eventually mushrooms, too.

Note: Spore deposits can often be seen on the pileus surfaces in collections of specimens found growing very closely together. Sometimes spore deposit colors can also be seen on solitary specimen stipes, or on the substrate(s) and sorrounding surface areas.

Here's how to make a spore print:

▓ Before going hunting, clean a tupperware container with excellence and wash your hands. Place the tupperware container in a clean, new paper bag for extra cleanliness. Go straight to the site of the mushrooms and swiftly collect them into the tupperware container. Return to your living quarters in haste.
▓ Immediately after returning from hunting to your living quarters, wash your hands thoroughly with effort.
▓ Clean a table surface or shelf surface intended for this task.
▓ Tear off a piece of new aluminum foil. Its size should be slightly larger than the cap you are about to use.
▓ Using a clean knife, scissors, or your hands, swiftly remove the stipe of a freshly harvested mushroom, severing it from the pileus (cap).
▓ Place the cap onto the aluminum foil with the gills or pores facing the foil (face down).
▓ Get a freshly cleaned and dried, clear drinking glass that can fit nicely over and around the cap - and place it there. Rubbing alcohol can be used to help cleanse the glass beforehand if necessary.
▓ Wait roughly 24 hours and do not remove the glass - not even for a moment.
▓ After 24 hours approximately you should now have a good spore print.
▓ After removing the drinking glass, immediately place the spore printed foil into a new ziplock bag. Seal it thoroughly, confidently. This can then be mailed out to the appropriate mycologist for further study using Fedex, UPS, DHL, or a fast shipper of your choice. You can write a note on the ziplock bag using a permanent marker for the mycologist so he/she knows what they are dealing with in truth. Most people just include the MO observation number. Some prefer including a _collection card_.

Below: A purple spore print of Psilocybe stuntzii taken directly on a microscope glass slide


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