The reason I shoot jpegs for eekBay is that all I have to do is run a small script in Photoshop which: Resizes, sharpens, adjusts levels and 'saves for web'. Then I can FTP the pics to my site. I may shoot many dozens of photos in a day, this saves me a huge amount of time over having to convert from RAW. For Feroze RAW may be better for a few, best quality, shots.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 5:26 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Light Tent / Box > > > Shoot RAW with auto white balance and set the color temperature > during conversion. That's the way I work in the studio and just > about everywhere else. > Paul > On May 3, 2007, at 5:39 AM, Feroze wrote: > > > Hi Don, > > > > Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the > > moment > > are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on > > very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you > > set > > the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its > > driving me > > nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just > > use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not > > carrying > > around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights > > > > Feroze > > > > Don Sanderson wrote: > >> Hi Feroze. > >> I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white > >> reflectors. > >> These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time. > >> I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and > >> haven't had > >> to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for > >> eekBay stuff. > >> Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow you > >> to shoot > >> with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked > >> well for > >> me in this application. > >> The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and > >> eliminate, > >> shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different colors, > >> shapes and > >> sizes, this saves me a LOT of time. > >> > >> The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a > >> difficult > >> 'subject': > >> http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg > >> Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very hard > >> to shoot. > >> > >> Don > >> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Behalf Of > >>> Feroze > >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:17 PM > >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> Subject: Light Tent / Box > >>> > >>> > >>> I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a > >>> little > >>> portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery, > >>> some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are > >>> just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk). > >>> Would a > >>> normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light > >>> source > >>> for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really > >>> struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid > >>> florescent or other light sources. > >>> > >>> I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of > >>> the > >>> stuff together.... > >>> > >>> Your advice and past experiences is highly appreciated. > >>> > >>> Feroze > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
