The lens on the camera is 10xoptical zoom ,focal lenght is 5.7 mm to 57mm.
2006-09-21 07:02:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
doesnt matter which camera .But with jewelry try not to use your flash but use good lighting over object .Jewelry and shinny stuff tends to overexpose when using the automatic flash .Just set camera to flash off .
2006-09-21 07:55:57 · answer #1 · answered by ground_control_to_reality_check 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use your macro setting and experiment. Let's say you have a point and shoot camera with macro and a flash on the camera. You might have to go to a manual mode to do this, but...
Put your ring on a nice background surface. I like to just put it in a ring box.
Zoom out at least half-way so that you will be working about a foot away from the ring. Be sure that you get focus confirmation. Shoot a picture USING flash. Check the LCD for the result. If you have overexposed the ring, use the EV adjustment to reduce the exposure. For small items, I often find that I need to reduce the exposure by about 1.0 EV. (That's -1.0 EV.) It is better to have the ring properly exposed and the background underexposed, so just worry about the ring for now. Using a deliberate underexposure will cure the "too shiny" appearance of the stones.
If you know how, you can use either full manual exposure or just Aperture Priority and choose a smaller aperture (larger number) to make the ring show up in better focus.
If you have a DSLR, post your question again stating the kind of camera that you have and the lens that you are using and we will give more details.
If you are doing any image processing at all, such with Photoshop or it's cousins, you can crop the image to 800 pixels by 800 pixels and use Supersize images on eBay.
I always use the Picture Pack when I am selling anything of any value.
Check out http://www.members.aol.com/swf08302/heartring.jpg which I did a while ago using a Nikon Coolpix 5400 exactly as described above. I do NOT think this is acceptable, but we decided not to sell the ring anyhow, so I didn't bother to do a better job. It's still better than some I've seen. I don't keep old photos of sold items around, so I don't have much to show you, but at least you know that it's possible to get an acceptable result even without spending huge dollars on your equipment.
The key things to remember are:
-Macro setting
-Zoom out to get about a foot away from your subject
-Use flash
-Try different EV settings and expect that you will end up with a negative EV setting, such as -1.0 EV.
2006-09-21 20:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how much jewelry you plan on selling, but you're best bet is to buy a Softbox Kit. They come with the Softbox and Lights. They will run you anywhere from $50 - $125. Good luck!
2006-09-21 15:22:20 · answer #3 · answered by blt65 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I recommand you to try google picasa.
picasa is a Google's photo software. It's what should've come with your camera.
It can Edit , organise and Share you picture and small video flips.
It's very easy to use and is free, just like Google
Download it free in here:
http://www.bernanke.cn/google-picasa/
Good Luck!
2006-09-24 10:51:20 · answer #4 · answered by great_picasa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
available light from a soft window and set camera to Super-Macro for small jewely (rings, earring studs etc) or regular macro for little larger like watch/necklace, etc
2006-09-21 19:39:26 · answer #5 · answered by clavestone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean take pictures OF jewelry?
2006-09-23 08:34:35 · answer #6 · answered by stan l 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋