digital jewelry photo

[sdpub@attbi.com]

Hi,

I need to create digital photographs of small pieces of gold and
silver jewelry for a web site.

I would be grateful for suggestions or feedback on digital cameras
with good macro ability to capture detail on items less than 3". I
would also be interested in recommendation for lighting to avoid
shadows and reflections while maintaining color fidelity

Thanks for your help

Digital Newbie.

[Rolf Egil Sølvik]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 05:26:05 GMT, [email]sdpub@attbi.com[/email] wrote:

>I need to create digital photographs of small pieces of gold and
>silver jewelry for a web site.
>
>I would be grateful for suggestions or feedback on digital cameras
>with good macro ability to capture detail on items less than 3".

Nikon with their 4xxx/5xxx series has some great macro abilities (the
4500 can get as near as 3/4 inch); and cheaper digicams like the Canon
PowerShot A70 (or the 2MP A60) can use close-up lenses (+4 diopter)
thru the use of a lens-adapter. But the built-in flash is pretty much
useless when using the lens-adapter and with close-up shots - it
causes an unwanted flash shadow :-(

[Larry Caldwell]

[email]sdpub@attbi.com[/email] (sdpub@attbi.com) writes:

> Hi,
>
> I need to create digital photographs of small pieces of gold and
> silver jewelry for a web site.
>
> I would be grateful for suggestions or feedback on digital cameras
> with good macro ability to capture detail on items less than 3". I
> would also be interested in recommendation for lighting to avoid
> shadows and reflections while maintaining color fidelity

Olympus has a good short description of jewelry photography techniques
for sale on their web photo school site. They show lighting setup,
discuss color balance, specular highlights, and do a little with digital
editing. It's a good article.

[url]http://www.webphotoschool.com/wps/lessons/vault%5Bwps%5D/[/url]

They also have a whole section on digital photography for online sales.

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[M. Strobel]

[email]sdpub@attbi.com[/email] wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need to create digital photographs of small pieces of gold and
> silver jewelry for a web site.
>
> I would be grateful for suggestions or feedback on digital cameras
> with good macro ability to capture detail on items less than 3". I
> would also be interested in recommendation for lighting to avoid
> shadows and reflections while maintaining color fidelity
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Digital Newbie.

Let me tell you something:

if the object is small and not too much 3-dimensional, just put it on a
scanner glass! Absolutely best detail and absolutely most evenly
distributed light!

I noticed that when I scanned some gold coins that were too difficult to
read even with a magnifying glass.

Max