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Re: Great pictures
In Response To: Re: Great pictures ()

Stewart

The light tent is great for shooting these watches. The photos you are getting from a point and shoot are great.

Please keep them coming

Rob

: Hi Rob,
: I'm no photographer - there's no flash & a standard point n
: shoot Panasonic camera - a Leica 28mm lens (I think), on macro
: setting.
: I don't remember which model, it's a 3-4 years old now - but just a
: regular camera.

: Aperture, I think it was set to 1/4 for some & 1/8 for others -
: I'm not even sure what that means... 1/4 second?? lets more
: light in - is that right?

: I use a light tent that I bought on ebay for a tenner. That helps
: massively.
: I then fiddle around a bit in photoshop to adjust lighting etc.
: (It's a bit of a cheat, but I'm good in Photoshop and bad at
: proper photography!)

: Stewart

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