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Post by merlin on Apr 11, 2007 12:28:24 GMT
photographing scale figures and small parts can be a nightmare to do ,if you havent got a very good camera the focus rarely works . so if you have a scanner try this one out . get a match box of something thats gonna fit over the figure or piece place on scanner and cover with matchbox . close down the lid as far as it will go and then scan in high quality colour. once you,ve done this clean up the edges of the picture and you should have a perfectly focused highly detailed picture of your tiny scale figure . now i havent tried this one a yet but ive heard a lot it has good results , so give it a go let me know if it works
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Post by iansadler on Apr 11, 2007 14:40:21 GMT
Hi Merlin , I have been doing just this for the last 5 years , better to line the inside of the box with a light blue paper . As cardboard gives a very dark background. cheers ian
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Post by merlin on Apr 11, 2007 15:11:27 GMT
cheers ian never thought of that . i suppose it works on the same principle as blue screening ala weather man stuff .
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Post by Bri on Apr 10, 2008 13:11:07 GMT
I've just had a breakthrough, though not on anything as small as your figurines. 1/72 aircraft even .... I used to use "close-up mode" on my digital camera, as advertised, and the depth of focus (or even focus) was always dodgy; the camera won't let you force it. Then, in desperation, I set up further away, in "Auto" (snapshot) mode and closed in with the optical zoom facility. Success! Now you can see every brushmark and file scratch and the far wingtip isn't hiding in a heat haze. No doubt somebody could have told me that long since ........... Bri.
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