Yes, the compact size sensor on the G12 gives a deeper DOF and I forgot to
mention - articulated screen. Don't do macro without one!
I'd imagine a tabletop set up with cube. mini-lights and table tripodfd for
very small items, all easily repeatable on a budget. I like to put a small box
in there and drape it with velvet offcuts for bright jewellry. The cube tents
usually come with a drop-down front panel with hole for lens. Good for anything
shiny but also for any small and colourful object.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 18/12/2010, at 9:42 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> A proper tripod and lighting arrangement will be as important or more so
> than the camera and lens. Resolution is relatively unimportant for web
> shots but good depth of field and good exposure without myriads of
> specular reflections is important and often hard to achieve.
>
> Chuck Norcutt (ex jewelry, pottery and other art works photographer) :-)
>
>
>
> On 12/17/2010 2:30 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>> A friend is a jewler locally, and shoots all his own photos for his
>> advertising, and they all look quite good. He uses a D3X with a 60mm macro.
>> He has a special lighting setup that is made especially for shooting
>> jewlery, something like a hoselight on steroids.
>>
>>
>>
>> Of course he is a hobbiest photographer and has tons of other presumably
>> deductable stuff.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Pearce
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Bob Whitmire [mailto:bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 9:57 AM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: [OM] Jeweler's camera
>>
>>
>>
>> A friend down the street who designs and sells jewelry wants a camera for
>> around the shop use. Small pictures of jewelry for the web site, pictures of
>> customers, etc. A guy she knows has recommended the OLYMPUS PEN E-PL1. It
>> comes with the 14-22 lens?
>>
>> I'm sure she's going to want macro capability to get those jewelry pics, and
>> I'm not sure the stock Oly lens is up to the task. But I don't know. I do
>> know some of you own one. Do you have a separate macro?
>>
>> Or might she be better off with something like a G12?
>>
>> $500 is her upper limit, but I'm sure she'd go a bit further for the right
>> camera.
>>
>> Recommendations gratefully accepted.
>>
>> --Bob Whitmire
>> www.bobwhitmire.com
>>
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