Re: [DS] Photographing Minis

I have fiddled a bit with these camera things also.
(You see, I do tinker with "LEGO" sets, and I have been trying to take
pics of my creations...)

I have a DSP-100 (a VERY cheap digital camera.)
No LCD on the back.  I only used it attached to my laptop with USB.
I would adjust the camera, take the pic, download the image to my laptop
to view it, and repeat.
Long and tedious -- but it works.

My most recent camera is a Camedia D-100 (a 1.3 megapixel REAL camera)
This one is so easy to use.  It has an LCD monitor on the back, with a
"real time" mode.
You just point and click.
This one has a slot for a smart media card.  I put the maximum size card
I could find: 128 MB
(Yes, This means I can take something like 1350 640x480 pictures...Stop
motion video anyone?)
Has an USB connection.	The computer treats it as a hard drive!  Makes
getting the pics easy.
This thing was on sale a couple of months ago.
(Jeez I sound like a commercial...)

Donald Hosford

Alan and Carmel Brain wrote:

> Have a look at
>
> http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~aebrain/epic/orkrhin.jpg
> This was taken using a single 45 watt lamp nearby.
> The figures are 5mm. Taken at a distance of 3cm.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/epic/files/Images/GOFFIK2.JPG
> was taken under natural light, at 3cm.
>
> Yes, these are GW Ork figs.
>
> http://members.tripod.com/panpacalliance/3d9781a0.jpg
> Was taken under natural light, at a distance of 5cm.
> This is a converted FENCER Ogre, made by Ral Partha.
>
> Camera Used: Ricoh RDC-300
> http://www.epinions.com/elec_Cameras-Digital_RicohRDCC-Ricoh_RDC-300
>
> http://www.g4wjx.freeserve.co.uk/Ricoh/watch300.jpg
> shows the degree of detail possible by a good photographer.
>
> This camera is now about 5 years old, so should be available
> second-hand cheap-cheap-cheap. 640x480 resolution, adequate
> for webwork. Best thing about it is the superb close-up capability,