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About photographing knives
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ROBB said:
On my Canon S10 it is to the left of the viewfinder next to the button that controls the flash mode. Don't you have a manual? The Canon support website may carry an online version of the manual. I could look for you tomorrow. In fact I have just done it. The Quick Start Guide is here http://alpha03u.c-wss.com/inc/ApplServlet?SV=WWUCA900 Your control is on the circular dial and has a flower and a mountain. What you select appears on the LCD screen
Thanks Andrew Taylor.I found it
.I see it also takes a lot more bytes or space.Should be worth it on the close ups.Sorry it took so long to get back.Comcast changed my e-mail username after I had some trouble not recieving any mail.When they changed my username I lost all my stored e-mails with passwords.Without the password you can only look at the blade discussion.I e-mailed Blade Forums to try to get my password & tell them I had a new e-mail add.Gave them 1/2 wk.and got no answer.So I re-regesteredI wish there was some way I could get back to ROBB and get rid of ROBB1.
Any ideas please let me know.:grumpy:
.I see it also takes a lot more bytes or space.Should be worth it on the close ups.Sorry it took so long to get back.Comcast changed my e-mail username after I had some trouble not recieving any mail.When they changed my username I lost all my stored e-mails with passwords.Without the password you can only look at the blade discussion.I e-mailed Blade Forums to try to get my password & tell them I had a new e-mail add.Gave them 1/2 wk.and got no answer.So I re-regesteredI wish there was some way I could get back to ROBB and get rid of ROBB1.Any ideas please let me know.:grumpy:
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Buy a cheap photo light tent. They cost around $40 shipped. Or make your own: http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent
Buy some architect lamps at Wal-mart for less than $10 each. Then find the brightest lightbulbs that you can find. Some will say that bulbs that gives out daylight color like output is the best. Maybe. I don't get the brightness out of those types of bulbs. I have 42 watt bulbs that put out 2700 lumens that works well with my light tent.
Here is a pic:
Buy some architect lamps at Wal-mart for less than $10 each. Then find the brightest lightbulbs that you can find. Some will say that bulbs that gives out daylight color like output is the best. Maybe. I don't get the brightness out of those types of bulbs. I have 42 watt bulbs that put out 2700 lumens that works well with my light tent.
Here is a pic:
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Any point-n-shoot can take a good knife pic. Just need plenty of diffused light.
Death's Head - nice pic. good even, diffused lighting.
A couple clicks in Photoshop gets this:
Sometimes, no matter how good the photo is, and how diffused the light is....there's always work to do in "post-processing"...in this case, Photoshop.
Here is what I used:
Auto Color
Auto Contrast
Auto Levels
Smart Sharpen
Save for Web at 50%
Many cameras nowadays come bundled with photo-editors..and some can be had for free online...most of them have commands similar to what I used above. IOW, you don't necessarily have to have expensive software.
Death's Head - nice pic. good even, diffused lighting.
A couple clicks in Photoshop gets this:
Sometimes, no matter how good the photo is, and how diffused the light is....there's always work to do in "post-processing"...in this case, Photoshop.
Here is what I used:
Auto Color
Auto Contrast
Auto Levels
Smart Sharpen
Save for Web at 50%
Many cameras nowadays come bundled with photo-editors..and some can be had for free online...most of them have commands similar to what I used above. IOW, you don't necessarily have to have expensive software.
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almost forgot....
to answer the OP's question:
In the manual it should tell you your camera's minimum focusing distance. Use a ruler/yardstick to get within an inch of that distance. Take the photo at your maximum setting and then crop down to the detail.
Let's say you have a 4MP camera. That's probably somewhere around 2300 x 1700. And since you had to step 18 inches away from your 9" hunting knife, it only fills half the screen. If you crop down to it, though, you're still left with 1150 x 850 - which at 72dpi is roughly the resolution of my monitor right now...plenty big! For print, of course, it is barely big enough for a decent 4x6...but at least it's in focus!
to answer the OP's question:
In the manual it should tell you your camera's minimum focusing distance. Use a ruler/yardstick to get within an inch of that distance. Take the photo at your maximum setting and then crop down to the detail.
Let's say you have a 4MP camera. That's probably somewhere around 2300 x 1700. And since you had to step 18 inches away from your 9" hunting knife, it only fills half the screen. If you crop down to it, though, you're still left with 1150 x 850 - which at 72dpi is roughly the resolution of my monitor right now...plenty big! For print, of course, it is barely big enough for a decent 4x6...but at least it's in focus!
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Here's a thread I started in Gallery a while back to show how easy it is to take good pics of your knives. No lights, no tripod, no macro setting, just the camera set on auto-focus and auto-exposure. I couldn't make it any easier.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=306402
Of course you can make it a lot more complicated, but why would you?
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=306402
Of course you can make it a lot more complicated, but why would you?
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Daniel Koster said:Any point-n-shoot can take a good knife pic. Just need plenty of diffused light.
Death's Head - nice pic. good even, diffused lighting.
A couple clicks in Photoshop gets this:
Sometimes, no matter how good the photo is, and how diffused the light is....there's always work to do in "post-processing"...in this case, Photoshop.
Here is what I used:
Auto Color
Auto Contrast
Auto Levels
Smart Sharpen
Save for Web at 50%
Many cameras nowadays come bundled with photo-editors..and some can be had for free online...most of them have commands similar to what I used above. IOW, you don't necessarily have to have expensive software.
Thanks for the comments
Photoshop is what I want to purchase next. I am really getting into this photography of knives. It is one thing to hold a thing of beauty. But to see it posing for you is another story.
That's a great improvement on my pic.
Stay sharp!
DH
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Death's Head said:
Your original picture had a colour cast from using tungsten lamps. You might find your local supermarket is now selling ES Halogen lamps which give a whiter light. Photography shops also sell Photo Flood bulbs which are special over-run bulbs that give an intense white light. They have a limited life though of about 500 hours (from memory) for a 250 watt lamp. Both solutions probably a lot cheaper than buying a legit copy of Adobe Photoshop
