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Taking pics of beadwork: Advice Needed
You can still (allegedly) get them at compusa.com - about $250. It amazes
me that virtually no other digital camera has an optical zoom with that range - most do at best 3x. And Sony's had it out for about 6 years! Val -- Bringing you BeadWizard Design Software www.beadwizard.com *************************** Practice safe eating -- always use condiments. *************************** "vj" wrote in i wouldn't trade my 10X Mavica for anything . . . but they don't make them any more. ----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] ( |
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I remember selling the orginal version at Office Max for probably $600+ in
'97 or '98. The one offered now is the 2x disk speed, looks a little more refined. But as an older model, prices fall over time. If this is something you find interesting, better snap them up quick. However, as an older model, it has much lower resolution that even lesser priced current models. Val -- Bringing you BeadWizard Design Software www.beadwizard.com *************************** Practice safe eating -- always use condiments. *************************** "vj" wrote in message ... vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "VManes" : ]You can still (allegedly) get them at compusa.com - about $250. It amazes ]me that virtually no other digital camera has an optical zoom with that ]range - most do at best 3x. And Sony's had it out for about 6 years! hmmm - mine was $500 . . . that was 1/2 price, because it was used. puts the pictures on a floppy. maybe we're talking about different versions? but i agree. most are poor! ----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] |
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I love my Olympus Camedia - the macro function is very nice for beadwork. I
try to take my photos outside at high noon for the least amount of shadows, etc. Eventually I want to make a setup like the one shown he http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/10237/214/ -- Barbara www.penguintrax.com eBay: pnguintrax Justbeadsenguintrax 0 /O\ "BedazzlingJewels" wrote in message ... I'd appreciate any advice on what kind of digital camera I should get in order to take quality photographs of my work. Thanks, Caren |
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"Lee S. Billings" wrote: In article , says... I'd appreciate any advice on what kind of digital camera I should get in order to take quality photographs of my work. FWIW, we have NOT been able to use the digicam to take any kind of decent jewelry pictures. The problem is the lack of manual focus, and the autofocus simply doesn't do the job. (Yes, we've tried putting something non-reflective in the middle of the picture for it to focus on. That didn't work either.) We use a good-quality *film* camera with tripod to take jewelry photos; then we take them to Sam's or Costco to get them developed with the CD duplication option. The CD pix can then be loaded into any good photoshop program and massaged until you get what you want. Celine (p&e) -- Forget digital cameras or scanning pictures. ;-) Just lay the beads or jewelry directly on the scanner like I do. I use Photoshop to edit. For small items, the scanner itself, (I use an Astra scanner) takes better pictures than any camera ever dreamed of doing! Maven taught me this. :-) Go here to see some scans of small items: http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/ That is my entire index. Please forgive the "joke" jpegs. G I prefer sending links instead of attachments so use the index page for other things as well. blush Katra -- ^,,^ Cats-haven Hobby Farm ^,,^ ^,,^ "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=katra |
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In article et,
(Lee S. Billings) wrote: FWIW, we have NOT been able to use the digicam to take any kind of decent jewelry pictures. The problem is the lack of manual focus, and the autofocus simply doesn't do the job. (Yes, we've tried putting something non-reflective in the middle of the picture for it to focus on. That didn't work either.) We use a good-quality *film* camera with tripod to take jewelry photos; then we take them to Sam's or Costco to get them developed with the CD duplication option. The CD pix can then be loaded into any good photoshop program and massaged until you get what you want. Celine (p&e) There are several digicams out there with manual focus... mine has it, which is good because otherwise there are som colors it can't "see" well enough to focus on. -- -Kalera --------- http://www.beadwife.com auctions at http://www.snurl.com/1sfe |
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Barbara sent link to
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/10237/214/ Thank you ! That is a very very good article and easy setup ! -- PöRRö *********************************** polyclay art at http://porro.claymountain.com polyclay book reviews at http://porro.claymountain.com/bookself.html old webpages at http://www.saunalahti.fi/theporro/ |
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Glad to have helped!
-- Barbara www.penguintrax.com eBay: pnguintrax Justbeadsenguintrax 0 /O\ "PoRRo" wrote in message .. . Barbara sent link to http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/10237/214/ Thank you ! That is a very very good article and easy setup ! -- PöRRö *********************************** polyclay art at http://porro.claymountain.com polyclay book reviews at http://porro.claymountain.com/bookself.html old webpages at http://www.saunalahti.fi/theporro/ |
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With all due respect, Katra, your pics aren't bad, but some of the things
are really hard to see in detail. Your rosaries are hard to see because of the backgrounds. Scanning is a good way to do pics if you use a white background, imo. But digital cameras take the best, most detailed, easiest to see pictures that I personally have seen. The digital camera must have a macro, though, or you will not be able to get close enough. And it takes a lot of practice. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net Forget digital cameras or scanning pictures. ;-) Just lay the beads or jewelry directly on the scanner like I do. I use Photoshop to edit. For small items, the scanner itself, (I use an Astra scanner) takes better pictures than any camera ever dreamed of doing! Maven taught me this. :-) Go here to see some scans of small items: http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/ That is my entire index. Please forgive the "joke" jpegs. G I prefer sending links instead of attachments so use the index page for other things as well. blush Katra |
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On 21 Sep 2003 01:53:29 GMT,
(BedazzlingJewels) wrote: I'd appreciate any advice on what kind of digital camera I should get in order to take quality photographs of my work. I have an old Nikon CoolPix 750. I really love it. does everything I need. Barbara Dream Master www.dreamweaverstudio.com "We've got two lives, one we're given, the other one we make." Mary Chapin Carpenter |
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