[TheForge] Re: Photographing your work

Thu Jun 5 07:46:01 2003

yup that is one feature I had to give up, and the remote control would have
been great also, I do love putting the s400 in my pocket though, I never
miss any pics now.

----- Original Message -----
From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 05 June, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Re: Photographing your work

> That's true Shannell, the S400 is a great camera too, it just does not
have
> that flip-out and twist LCD screen that I think every digital camera
should
> have, and that is so useful.
>
> Harry
> Rusty Dog Forge
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Shannell Sugrue
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 6:29 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Photographing your work
>
>
> Youre right the G3 is an awesome camera, but the canon s400 is cheaper,
> easier to use and uses the same ccd, lens and processing system, its also
> the smallest 4 megapixel in the world. I love mine and highly reccomend
it,
> they are around $480 USD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: 05 June, 2003 7:36 PM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Re: Photographing your work
>
>
> > Phlip.  A very good digital camera that I recommend to any and all is
the
> > Canon G3.  It can be used as a point and shoot camera of one can use its
> > very professional features and get incredible results. You can even hook
> it
> > up to a laptop and control all the camera features from the laptop and
> your
> > computer screen becomes the camera screen, so you really see what you
are
> > doing.  It has pretty well the best battery life of any camera out there
> and
> > the brightest LCD screen works very well outside in bright light, unlike
a
> > lot of them. The other great feature of the screen is that it flips out
> from
> > the camera body and will rotate so you can get shooting angles that are
> very
> > difficult or impossible with cameras that have the screen fixed on the
> back.
> >
> > In the spring issue 2002 of the Hammer's Blow, I did an article on how
to
> > photograph your ironwork.  This was showing techniques to get very nice
> > results without having to spend a lot of money on lighting equipment,
> using
> > both daylight and tungston lighting.  Brian Gilbert also showed a home
> made
> > device he uses to get good lighting results. Not sure of the issue, but
it
> > was around the same time.
> >
> > The industry standard software is "Adobe Photoshop". It is quite
expensive
> > (like more than the camera) but the software that comes with the camera
> will
> > more than satisfy you to start.
> >
> > Best of luck and oh yea, I like reading your stuff too.
> >
> > Harry Foster
> > Rusty Dog Forge
> > http://pages.infinit.net/rustydog/home.htm
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Phlip
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:48 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [TheForge] Re: Photographing your work
> >
> >
> >
> > Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> >
> > > Phlip ... have you seen the ridiculously low prices on decent digital
> > > cameras these days?  Several years ago I bought my Kodak DC120
> mega-pixel
> > > at a 'steal' of around $400.  Yesterday I was in K-mart and Wal-Mart
and
> > > took a quick look at their digital cameras ... multi-mega-pixel, 2 or
3
> or
> > > more optical zoom plus digital zoom, etc.... and in the neighborhood
of
> > > $140-$175.  If all you want a digital camera for is to upload to your
> > > computer or to the internet, then you don't even need to go up to the
> > > mega-pixel size.
> >
> > Yeah, I know, but at the moment, even $20-$30 is a strain on my finances
> ;-)
> > Things are improving, but I'm basicly being supported by some friends as
I
> > work to take over my own expenses, and restart my life- Hey, Life
Happens
> > ;-)
> >
> > However, I'd be very interested in hearing from you guys, about the
> utility
> > of various cameras and imaging systems. I've been accomplishing quite a
> bit
> > lately- my travelling forge set-up, some of my smithing work, some of my
> > student's work- and I'd like to share it, but at the moment, as I had
> > mentioned, I lack the capacity.
> >
> > So, I'll ask_
> >
> > What's YOUR choice of camera- function vs cost?
> >
> > Do you have a computer program that coordinates with your camera, to
give
> > you the best possible images? If so, what is it?
> >
> > Are there any tricks of lighting and arrangement that give you the best
> > possible images to display your work? If so, what are they?
> >
> >
> > Phlip
> >
> >  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> > cat.
> >
> > Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> > And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> >
> >
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