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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 things turned out.

Gesture wrote:

Thanks for reporting. Samsung gives great value at entry level. You can even specify a color temperature or tweak auto white balance.

Your type of photography takes a nice diffuse light plus some specular highlights (your desk lamp). You made the first step with a fixed setup. A small tent or a diffused lamp could do wonders. Handheld seems faster but if the camera were on a tripod, you could simply swap beads in and out quickly. And, again, Samsung does have a cable release point-those cost about $5-10.

Continued success.

I used a light tent once and didn't like the results.  It made the beads look dull.  In fact, it made shiny beads appear to have a matte finish.  I realized at that time that some clear light reflections are needed to make it evident to the customer that the beads are shiny.

Using a diffuser on a lamp may not be the best thing to do either.  I've seen beads photographed with a diffuser, and it puts a big, bright reflection on each bead in the same way that a window does.  If I use a lamp with one small, bright bulb in it, then the light reflection is limited to one dot on each bead.

I'm still trying to make my hand-held shots work.  If I get a tripod, I'll post my experience here.

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