Re: [DS] Photographing Minis

Thank you everyone for replying to my post.  My camera is a Pentax ESPIO
140M, which it seems to me is more designed for point-and-click shooting
of
longer ranged scenery.	It's supposed to have a "spot AF" mode that
makes it
focus better on closer objects, but I'm not sure if that's really
affecting
anything.  If anyone can tell me more about this camera (since I don't
know
anything about photography) that'll be really appreciated.  Thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Forsythe" <erf2@gte.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [DS] Photographing Minis

>
> Well, I think good lighting is always going to be necessary.	Of
course,
that
> can be as simple as a few cheap lamps and some shirt cardboards.
>
> For the focus issue, off the top of my head, that's going to depend on
the
model
> of camera you have.  Does it have a "macro" mode for telling the
auto-focus that
> you are doing close-up work?	Can you disable the focus and use manual
focus?
>
> My brother is a photographer by trade.  If you'll let me know what
equipment
> you're using, I can ask if he has any advice that might yield better
results.
>
> Now, taking advice from my brother, I've found a digital camera works
great for
> this sort of thing.  If I understand what my brother has said on this
properly,
> the small size of the imaging element makes digital cameras well
suited
for
> close up work.  Having a live preview on the back of the camera also
helps
quite
> a bit too.
>
> This pic: http://www.wombatzone.com/images/GundamSet.jpg was taken
with my
> camera (Nikon C800) and the detail level is pretty good (the graphic
has
been
> shrunk to ~50% of the size the camera recorded).  I've had to use
manual
focus a
> few times (mostly on figs that have bazookas pointed at the camera),
but
overall
> its macro-mode has worked out well for me.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ray Forsythe - erf2@gte.net - www.wombatzone.com
>