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| (...) Ah, but that only works if you've got hand-held flashes. Not all cameras have that capability (I know mine doesn't). So, to be more accurate, never use the built-in flash to photograph LEGO bricks. If you can set up a flash source that's not (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) Yeah, I'll second that. The GIMP rocks. John -- GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. (URL) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) ^^^^^^ Err, I mean a 48-bit image (16 bits per channel) (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) Unless you know what you're doing. In which case: nothing beats flashes -- not even the sun.[1] --Todd [1] Yup, high-power strobe flashes are even brighter than the sun. Try making a 1/1000 second exposure at f/22 or f/32 from sunlight! And (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) I think that's changing. I've seen explicit aperture settings on $400 consumer-grade digital cameras. (...) Every digital camera has the capability to do multiple apertures -- the trick is coaxing the camera into doing what you want if there (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) That's if he wants the very closest spot to be in perfect focus. :-) If he can shoot with a small aperture, then he should be able to get as close as 1.8 ft -- or closer. It all depends where in the model the lens is focused. Also, just (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) I don't think that's quite correct. If your CCD or CMOS chip has greater than 8 bits of depth on each spectral band (most do), then an on-camera digital zoom should contain more information than a post-processed zoom. For example, suppose you (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) The GIMP is totally free and I think it should be useable for this kind of thing. (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) Not that I'm aware of. Well, unless you want to use a trial version of regular software, but that will expire after a month, usually. (...) When I got my digital camera, I spent an entire Saturday and about 500 discarded shots figuring out (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) Hi. I live in western Michigan. I also run a popular website. I can't afford to wait six months for a perfect day. I think I'll keep shooting indoors... ;P (...) I've got manually adjustable shutter speed (I think that's what it is, since it (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) I don't know exactly how much mine is, but it's somewhere close to 3 inches. Either way, the camera usually obstructs enough of the light to prevent the autofocus from kicking in well before the camera gets too close to focus. (...) Alright, (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| Thanks to all for your input! I can't retake my earlier photos of my capital ship but future posts should look alot better. I didn't anything about photography before this. Thanks again :-) (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| I've got the tripod and the extra light available. I'm stuck though on the software for modifying the photos. Any shareware out there? Nice picture by the way. That's how I want mine to look... Thanks for the insight. Wow, what a novice I am. I (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| Thank you, Tim and the folks at Brick Magazine, for this update. As with most members, I'm sure we are all well aware of delays, and will support you to overcome these obstacles. Will there be a way, once the database has been restored, to review (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.publish)
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| (...) True, it's hard to get a perfect day, especially if you don't have time to take pictures while it's light out. It's also more difficult to set up a backdrop or the perfect view angle. I usually take my photos indoors too, but then again my (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) I agree, reducing the image size should always result in a sharper image, where cropping will not change the sharpness. I more meant that one reason I find myself getting too close to the subject is that I am trying to frame the shot to (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) I've found that with properly arranged directional lighting, I can get very rich, colorful photos with excellent overall illumination. Outdoors gets tricky because sunny days will create stark shadows while overcast days will cause lots of (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) This really depends on the camera. Mine, for example, has a focus range of 2.0 cm to infinity, and a manual focus if the auto focus isn't doing its job. Also, in order to get a greater depth of field, you should reduce the aperture (increase (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) I certainly am. If I make it over there. (22 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| (...) Done. Looks much better. Thanks. DaveG (22 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.publish)
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