[meteorite-list] Shooting Pictures of Meteorites??

From: Dennis Miller <astroroks_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:44:43 -0600
Message-ID: <BAY402-EAS809A519334D9FCB26BAA1FB1770_at_phx.gbl>

Hello! Low Budget plan..
Jim, You have a great little camera, I bought the same one. I then got on EBay and bought a 24" fabric light box with 4 silk backgrounds, 2 high output lamps and a small camera mount. All in a kit with free shipping,
for $35. I'm using it to catalog my collection. Fun!!
Dennis

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> On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:56 AM, "Martin Goff" <msgmeteorites at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Good topic :-)
>
> I use a Nikon DSLR and macro lens mostly or a Fujifilm bridge camera.
> For me though it's not about the camera but the lighting. Although i
> like shooting in daylight i tend to use artificial lighting to be able
> to easily reproduce my results. I use a pop up light tent which is
> basically a white fabric cube with one face of the cube open to shoot
> through. I then use a fibre optic light with intensity control as a
> single source light. Prior to this i used a single lightbulb with
> similar results :-)
>
> Works well for me :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
>
>> On 11 March 2014 13:45, Jim Wooddell <jim.wooddell at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> So, I have a cheapy 12mp Nikon CoolPix camera and can take some decent macro
>> pictures of small objects. I use a homemade poor
>> man's light box, made from a cardboard box and crumpled aluminum foil and a
>> light. This combo works well for me with the exception of
>> some wide angle issues because of the limitations of the camera.
>> My Son, Dusty, has thousands upon thousands of dollars of Nikon high end
>> camera gear and can take shots that make my low end stuff look
>> really bad! Instead of a light box, which he is not use to and does not
>> like, he uses a tripod and a huge light ring that his camera shoots thru
>> with radio controlled flash.
>>
>> So, I am curious and would like to know what you folks are using for your
>> pictures??? I sure see some fantastic pictures.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> -- Jim Wooddell
>> jim.wooddell at suddenlink.net
>> http://pages.suddenlink.net/chondrule/
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> Martin Goff
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