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How do I get sharper images? NX1100

Started Aug 22, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP CMurdock Contributing Member • Posts: 819
Re: How do I get sharper images? NX1100

jennyrae wrote:

great to know you are already considering using artificial lighting. there is nothing wrong with it as long as you set-up properly. truth is, natural light is not really enough for such photography.

also, beautiful beads.

What I'm finding is that any light source is enough light with this new camera. With my old camera, ISO 100 was the highest I could go. The problem is that natural light from the window can make some beads look washed out.

Here is an example of what I was talking about in the previous post. On the left is a crop from the picture under natural light, and on the right is a crop from the picture under lamp light. The light reflections (from the window) on the beads to the left look more natural, but they're larger, and the colors are washed out. On the right, I don't like the pin-point light reflections from the lamp, but the colors can be seen better. I don't want to move to a fancy set-up with a light dome and large lamps, because that's just too much trouble.

(To make the beads look the same size, the crop on the right had to be reduced, which makes it look crisper than it did right out of the camera.)

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