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If you don't have alternative flash solutions there's a trick, put a small
piece a transparent (Scotch) tape over the flash lens, it acts as a little
diffuser and cost ~$0.000001. Maybe even a smear of some vaseline on the
flash lens would work (I'm joking about the vaseline, I think)
SteveB
In lugnet.publish.photography, David Laswell writes:
> In lugnet.publish.photography, Todd Lehman writes:
> > [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 you can direct and bounce and diffuse flashes more easily than
> > sunlight.
>
> 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 located right on top of the camera POV,
> it might work just fine, but if you're using the flash that's included in
> the actual camera, you're going to get nasty glare, and there's not a lot of
> options for improving the quality of the light without obstructing the
> camera view.
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