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DEFINATELY get a macro lens camera. Your lego shots will be much better. I use one for all my Lego on eBay etc and believe me it makes a difference. Richard. "Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:sandlin-A3AB82....net.com... (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Not necessarily. Here's a Nikon you can afford: (URL) recommend it because it has a 1.6 inch focus range (i.e. you can get within 1.6 inches of the subject and retain focus) Good for photo'ing LEGO! :^) (...) Macro lets you focus when your (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) that (...) I'd (...) ......... I'm in a similar predicament. "Which camera ?" "Other stuff" - well, maybe sometimes. * But it's important to me to be able to do some lego close-ups. Can someone point to some specific cameras (which have the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Definitely. It's also good to have one that takes good pictures in low light, since you want to avoid using a flash with lego. (Too shiny.) Check out (URL) for good digital camera reviews. (24 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Well Geordan, Jordan needs help on this perplexing problem as well. =) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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"Shaun Sullivan" <Shaun_sullivan@irco.com> wrote in message news:GL3r2q.BEF@lugnet.com... (...) into (...) until (...) same, (...) law (...) Toshiba is (...) taken (...) Well, I don't know about the M61, but I'm now the proud owner of the M65. It's (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Thanks for the tips, Fiddled around in Image composer and came up with this, I used the pick points and cut thing, it didn't take too long, but everytime I'd get what I wanted with the magic wand, and I'd click cutout, it wouldn't cut out, just go (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks again, -Geordan- (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks Dave! I'll definitely keep that in mind next time I post pictures, the graininess was already there though on the original photo, I think I figured out how to fix that though. :-) (...) Thanks again! -Geordan- (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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my two studs: outside natural sunlight is the best. don't underestimate cloudy/overcast days though. overcast days are ideal conditions for photographing artwork for slides so it my work for lego models (i don't see why not). give them both a try (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) One final thing you might try (and again, Photoshop works wonders here) is adjusting the levels on your pics. I did this to the two pictures you highlighted above and there was a remarkable difference. Even using 'auto levels' in Photoshop (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Hehe, your welcome. Good luck! --Kyle (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Hey Kyle! thanks for the lengthly and very helpful response. :-) I've got a Kodak Dc 265, I think it's pretty good, :-) (...) Ok i'll, try that next time I take some pics, thanks... (...) Wow! Thankyou so much! I'll try experimenting with (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks so much Joel! We have so many cloudy days here in Vancouver, It's harder to find a needle in a haystack than find a positive weather report. ;-) So it should be easy to find a cloudy day. :-) (...) Wow! thank you so much! your answer (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Woot, I got two nods! :-) Well the first and foremost thing is you need a decent camera, which it looks like you do from the pics. I have a Sony Cybershot S-30, which is by no means top of the line, but it gets the job done. As far as lighting, I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) hi, My advice is, unless you can set up some special lights, try natural light outside. The yellowing that happens to pictures you have taken is because most artificial light sources do not give out light in the same range of waves that the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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He'y'all, Two parts to this post, feel free to respond to either or both... part I I'm having trouble with takin pictures, Some times they turn out too dark, sometimes they turn out kind of like they were under candle light, :-) (URL) ideas on (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Hi all, Has anyone here purchased or used the Toshiba PDR-M61 ?? I was looking into various digital cameras, and this one seems to be an amazing choice. Up until now, I've made use of my brother-in-law's Canon S10 Powershot, which I've always been (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Woo hoo! Another ACDSee user! I love that program--best of all, it's pretty simple, it's free to download (3 month trial), and it's only 50 bucks for the full version--I use it quite a bit.. -Scott Lyttle (25 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Maybe so, maybe so. @8^) Did you spot his other cameo appearance? (...) Noah had it tough -- of course, not as tough as the thousands (millions?) of his contemporaries who died in The Flood, but still. I decided to put any such non-Biblical (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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