Date   : Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:25:19 +0100
From   : Eelco Huininga <eelco@...>
Subject: Re: Advice on digital photographs

Hi Jonathan,

I use a Canon Powershot S50 mounted on a tripod. It has a special macro 
setting  which allows you to take detailed close-up pictures. Don't know 
if your camera has a macro feature, but it certainly is helpfull. Also 
make sure you have good lighting. Does your camera have auto- or manual 
focus?

Cheers,
Eelco



Jonathan Graham Harston schreef:

 > Grrr...
 >
 > I specifically bought a digital camera so that I could take
 > pictures of electronic and computer bits. With my film camera if I
 > got close enough to see the thing I was photographing it was so
 > close everything was blurred.
 >
 > I bought a Goodmans G-SHOT 3023TFT 3.2 Megapixel camera last year.
 > Initially it seems OK - see mdfs.net/HWPS/358front.jpg - but even
 > this give me crap photos. Compare most of the pictures at
 > mdfs.net/Info/Comp/BBC/pics with John Kortink's picture of the
 > GoMMC near the bottom.
 >
 > I specifically require the ability to take clear pictures of
 > things like GoMMCs - see the attempt at a 32K ROM on the same
 > page. I need to be able to take pictures clear enough so you can
 > read the writing on an IC.
 >
 > Any advice, people?
 >