[meteorite-list] Shooting Pictures of Meteorites??

[Dennis Miller]

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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