[meteorite-list] Shooting Pictures of Meteorites??

[Martin Goff]

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
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Martin Goff
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