If you have time try to built this. It worked for me. Get a tripod. It's a must. Dig out where the costum white balance is and experiment. Use manual focus. Better sometimes than the macro mode.
These are all taken with my A70 camera. Yours is not much different; even better. The lens are actually identical.
If you have time try to built this. It worked for me. Get a tripod. It's a must. Dig out where the costum white balance is and experiment. Use manual focus. Better sometimes than the macro mode.
These are all taken with my A70 camera. Yours is not much different; even better. The lens are actually identical.
Good Luck!
I've got a tripod - a cheapie that likes to slide a bit. But it's there.
Use the self timer in that case, and try to use the spot focus function. That way you can direct what part of the watch you want in focus and set your DOF. But the tripod and self timer are key, set the timer and don't touch the camera. I only have a $30 Wal-Mart tripod and it works great for my uses.
Edit: Too slow...
Thought I would add another, it's something I did when first starting and continue to do with each new camera that I get.
Get your manual and your camera - then go through each page. As you do, try it with your camera at the same time. It will take a little while to become really proficient with it, in the mean time though you will be learning what capabilities that you can do with it.
And then practice, practice, practice. It eventually will all 'click' together for you. :)
I'm not sure about your specific camera, but I know my Nikon CP5700, which I still have and use, does excellent macro shots!
Practice, practice, practice. With a point and shoot, it probably isn't likely a person is really into a lot of extras like lenses, etc., so learn to use the macro setting and whatever functions the particular camera has and that only comes with practice. Other important considerations would be lighting, composition, and paying attention to the background(s)of the subject--and those are things that should be considered regardless of the camera. Find out what works with your camera, and what doesn't, and go from there.
I took this photo with a Powershot A75, so it is "less" of a camera than yours.
The pendant is only about 20mm (3/4") from the bottom of the tiny perfume bottle to the top of the gold cap, so we are talking SMALL!
This isn't even the best I could have done - it was shot in a rush to prove to someone that those little cameras take great macros.
Take the time to read the manual and to experiment a lot. Check the photos on the computer and if they're not perfect, try some more. It will be worth your while in the end.
Edited to add that the pendant was inside a home made light tent like the one Tiberius linked to.
i made got a box and painted it white yesterday and shined 2 desklamps in it and tried taking some pics of just a leaf. it doesnt really work out good. im still getting a yellow tone instead of the nice bright white. is it something to do with my white balance? any tips or suggestions would be really helpful. thanks.
i made got a box and painted it white yesterday and shined 2 desklamps in it and tried taking some pics of just a leaf. it doesnt really work out good. im still getting a yellow tone instead of the nice bright white. is it something to do with my white balance? any tips or suggestions would be really helpful. thanks.
Set your WB to "Tungsten" if you're using incandescent light bulbs.
yes, you can custom set your white balance, or just play around with the settings.
A very good starting point is to buy full spectrum bulbs, also called daylight bulbs. They give off a light that is much more blue - wonderful for photography and they feel as if you had REAL daylight in the house.
And patience will help because it will take a while to get used to light placement and so on, even more so if you're working with flashes instead of lights that are always on...lots of trial and error.
Using my PnS, I use a simple lens in front of the camera lens - I use one out of a telescope ocular. (You can see it in the "macro" thumb below.)
One trick I discovered with my camera is to NOT use it's macro mode when using a supplmental lens. If I choose macro, the camera automatically uses f/2.8. If I stay in regular mode, and PLENTY of light - sunshine is good - I'll get f/8 shots like the "Yellow in Red" example below.
The coin was done using a halogen light from the side to get better shadows, but DOF not great - but really not needed on a flat subject like a coin.
All of these were taken with my old Olympus D100 with over 100,000 miles on it.
