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k80
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taking pictures
#103485 - 25/04/08 11:03 AM

I see some great pictures posted
on this forum. Some not so
great. What is the best setup &
camera specs to get great detail.
Wood pictures seem to be the most
difficut.

Thanks

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Ken
San Antonio

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500Nitro
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Loc: Victoria, Australia

Re: taking pictures [Re: k80]
#103488 - 25/04/08 12:03 PM

I think quite a few photos on here are taken by professionals - the auction house photos etc.

However, if taking pictures of your guns, I find it's not so much the camera but getting the LIGHT right so it removes the shadows and "sun spots" but gives enough detail.

I have never used a high end camera, most middle of the road digital cameras - mine is currently 5 years old.

Use a Tripod

Take the photos outside on a Bright but CLOUDY day (so you don't get sun spots !!!).

Just my HO but it works for me.

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starwars
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Reged: 03/04/08
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Loc: California

Re: taking pictures [Re: k80]
#103496 - 25/04/08 01:06 PM

I had the same curiosity. I then asked Wes when he was at Cabelas. There best rooms use a long wood box that has hinges on one end with one light shining upon the base of the buttstock and one covered light close overhead. The camera is fixed to a tripod and they lay parchment paper behind the gun then snap away. The results are amazingly clear and the gun looks suspended in air with a deep luminous background.

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DUGABOY1
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Loc: TEXAS USA

Re: taking pictures [Re: k80]
#103860 - 30/04/08 12:33 AM

500NITRO is right, the most important thing is lighting, and second is the background!

Use a tripod, and timed release, and turn the flash off. The Macro settings will give you the best quality if close detail is wanted, like with an open double rifle! Once set up, focus the camera, set the timer, and let the camera do the rest. With digital cameras, the best thing about them is you can blow the pictures up to quite large without looseing quality!

All the advice above is from a rank amature, so be guided accordingly!

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