Morgoth412 said:
I don't own a digicam but Scott has said he will take some pics for me, so I will do my best.
Cool! thanks.
Just in case you didn't know the pics posted in this thread were all done by "scanner photography" - I just arranged the knives on a simple (read cheapo) flatbed scanner.
A flatbed scanner in most cases will avoid the common problems that plague a lot of photos - of focus and exposure.
Being attached to the computer - it is a lot faster and more convenient than even a digital camera.
I have often scan-photographed knives, literally while on-line, to illustrate a point in a posting.
Scanner photography may not be particularly "artistic" - but then again a lot of times all we want are clear (in focus) and well exposed utilitarian functional photos - which the scanner easily does without much skill or experience required in photography.
I urge people with scanners to try it.
Please take a look at this post:
some general flatbed Scanners advice
An important note: even when scanning a "low" resolution of 100dpi - a full scan will yield an image of about 1100x850 pixels which is WAY TOO BIG to display on most people's screens - and is a PAIN to download for people not on HighSpeed internet. PLEASE be considerate and re-size the photo to something more managable around about 480x360 is a good size.
AND please use JPG compression to quality level "7" or 70% this should get the file-size down to about <30Kb.
I've seen photos at about 480x360 pixels BUT the file size was still over 200KB - which is ridiculous, as it really doesn't gain anything on visual quality having a larger file size - just frustrates people on modems.
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