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⏺ Dilemmas of using conductive lenses

I am sending you two pictures, one taken with a wide-angle lens, Wide Angle, and the other with a long telephoto lens, and with a camera (Yashica-GSN). As you can see, the result is not satisfactory, and I don't know why.
Please give clarification on this problem. Note that there is a black circle appearing on the final image.

Abdullah Hassan Al-Qallaf
Bahrain

It seems that the obvious defect lies in how the additional lens is installed over the original lens: it must be well wrapped so that there is no space between the two lenses. For the specialist to see the damage directly.

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that a lens is installed. Telephoto. Or, Allied Uncle, you have to look through the viewing socket of these lenses, which usually comes with the camera and is placed on the top camera page next to the flash location so that the frame and view can be limited ⏹

⏺ The role of photography in architecture

I am 17 years old and I am in the process of choosing a future profession, and I would like to ask about the role of the camera in the profession of architecture. I also have the talent for directing and design. What are the specializations that revolve around this subject, given that these specializations are rare and required in our Arab world, especially Lebanon?

Zaki Naqsh
Beirut - membership number 94

Photography has an effective role in the engineering discipline in general, and architecture
In particular, and for example, students of architecture at the Institute of Arts at the Lebanese University, for the third year, take photography, which is one of the compulsory practical subjects, where students learn about the techniques and arts of photography, then engineering photography. As for the importance of photography for the engineer, you can return to Issue No. 42 within the section - Interview with the engineer, Adel Gwaini. Where you will find ample positives on your questions.
As for other specializations, i.e. directing and design, these specializations are indeed rare in terms of academic specialization, as most of the workers in this field have achieved their position through experience and practice⏹

⏺ Lightning photography technology

Please explain in detail about the process of photographing lightning... Is there a special camera or lens for this photographic approach? I have tried more than once without getting results.

Abdullah Abdul Aziz Al-Husseini
Shaqra - Saudi Arabia

There is no special camera for photographing lightning. Each camera has a location (B) capable of recording the appearance of lightning. Location (B) is very necessary because it is not possible for the camera to record the first telegraphic radiation, so it is necessary to record more than one telegraphic process in order to get a result.
After placing the camera at location (B), you must install it on a three-legged stand and place it in front of a window or on the balcony of the house, or any other open place facing the space where lightning may appear. Location (B) will open the shutter, and as long as your hand is on the capture button, your shutter will remain open, and when you withdraw your hand, the shutter will close, and since this process may take hours, it is preferable here to adopt a capture wire where you can lock the wire so that the shutter remains open for the time you want. And when you're done, you have to open the catch wire to lock the shutter.
And you certainly will not know the moments when the lightning will appear. So you have to open the shutter for more than half an hour, or even an hour.. And whenever the camera records the appearance of lightning more than once, your results will be wonderful.
As for the lens, and with this method, it is preferable to use a wide-angle lens - 28 mm - in order to record the lightning radiation in any corner or spot of the scene, noting that you can use a 50 mm lens in relation to the aperture, preferably at f / 16 with 400 aza film.
With everything mentioned, you can return to Issue No. 42, Lesson Eighteen, where you will find more additional details -