Dave,
I'd suggest that before buying or building anything fancy you experiment with a couple plain ol' incandescent or halogen table or desk lamps at the dining room table. Set the camera for incandescent light and shoot. You might find the results to be quite good. Another point - flow lines and other surface features will usually show better if the light source is small, not large like a fluorescent bulb.
Just for fun, turn on your digital camera so the electronic viewing screen is operating. Get your television remote controller, hold down one of the volume adjustment buttons and view the business end of the controller with the camera. The camera "sees" the "invisible" infrared.
John Kashuba Ontario, California
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David, there are plenty of bulbs out the that simulate natural day light. Any photography supply store should have some. : )
Thanks, Tom peregrineflier <>< IMCA 6168 http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "meteorite-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "John Gwilliam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 8:42 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Let there be light, and let it be good!
Dear List; It is basically winter here, and the best light I have is direct sun light but alas, it is 0 outside with the wind chill, and it really gets to be aggravating to run in and out with a rock and camera each time I wish to click a picture/list a rock to sell. We have had past discussions about lumens and the correct length of light, and very expensive light bulbs. I now have a Nikon Coolpix 3200 new digital whiz bang camera (and I learned about it here, and highly recommend it to anyone). It has a setting for incandescent light, and fluorescent lighting. Before I become a carpenter and get all excited (I do that you know), would a pair of $10 fluorescent light tubes and a plywood box work for indoor pictures until spring can get here? Can I save a great deal of agony by asking the oh-wise-multitude here before I get out the hammer and saw? My picture quality can be seen on eBay at mjwy user ID....the yellow color is from the decreased direct sunlight coming in the window. Thank you all for any thoughts...I need enlightened drastically! Best, Dave Freeman mjwy with auctions running crazy.
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