Camera for cue photos?

RocketQ

RocketQ

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What kind of cameras are being used out there? Some of the pictures I see are awesome. I have an old Sony dsc75. I can't get the zoom to work as good as some of the pics I see. I don't know if it has something to do with lighting or what. And if I use the digital zoom the pic gets grainy.

Rock
 
thanks

There is some good info there. I am going to have to try outside.. I tried what I thought was everything.
 
me too

Me too but damn that camera was expensive when I bought it. Technology outdated and over priced the day you bought it. Just like computers.
 
The little bit I know is that the camera is important, but proper lighting is key to great pictures. I've also been told that using the camera's manual focus is best for sharp pictures and using a longer exposure, such as 3 or 4 seconds will give better color saturation.

George
 
Image Programs

RocketQ said:
What kind of cameras are being used out there? Some of the pictures I see are awesome. I have an old Sony dsc75. I can't get the zoom to work as good as some of the pics I see. I don't know if it has something to do with lighting or what. And if I use the digital zoom the pic gets grainy.

Rock
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A lot of the cue pics you see online have been edited with programs which help crop the pictures, or fine-tune the quality of the photo. Most will help fix the angle of the objects in the photo and cut out objects, when necessary. They also help cut down on glare, or remove red-eye. So, if you can get a better photo at one distance, take that shot and crop the excess off the picture. If it's not quite at the right angle, shift it. Your toes got caught in a photo? Remove them! Good cameras help a lot, but the real hero in this story is the image editing program.
 
JesPiddlin said:
A lot of the cue pics you see online have been edited with programs which help crop the pictures, or fine-tune the quality of the photo. Most will help fix the angle of the objects in the photo and cut out objects, when necessary. They also help cut down on glare, or remove red-eye. So, if you can get a better photo at one distance, take that shot and crop the excess off the picture. If it's not quite at the right angle, shift it. Your toes got caught in a photo? Remove them! Good cameras help a lot, but the real hero in this story is the image editing program.
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+1

Thank God for Photoshop!
 
Fireworks

I use fireworks for image editing. Works good on most stuff but when I get wood grain involved it gets all Flocked up. I still gotta try outside. My girl always liked it outside why not .. eh?? I might have to look into a camera that I can focus manually. Now I just hold the button.. Any suggestions? Cannon, Nikkon, Sony pro's con's ....

This place is better than consumer reports..:eek:
 
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good camera for a steal

not jumping into te professional arena on cameras but one that has as clost to it is the Canon Rebel xti. the camera is awesome and the manual focus really helps. one thing that helps to is a wide angle close up zoom lens and setting for teh longer exposure as previously stated. the exposure settings let more defineition come alive in a picture.
 
Several months ago I bought a camera and I think it's quite suitable for taking cue pictures. This camera is Panasonic DMC-LX2. You can read more information about this camera in http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasoniclx2/

I recommend this camera for several reasons:
1) It is with Leica DC lens, and able to bring very good colors. Acutally Panasonic ODM this model for Leica D-Lux 3.
2) It supports the 16:9 mode to be suitable to take pictures for long objects, like cues.
3) 10MP to capture the detail. Very important in cue photos.

This picture shows the advantage of the 16:9 ratio. I didn't crop it, only resized it.
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It can show the BEM grain very clearly.
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You can derive a lot of details if you take pictures in 10MP capture. I resized the original pictures to 800x600, but I cropped some details in their original size.
In first example, you can see the windows were built in stacked way. In second example you can see the glue lines of the tiny ivory diamonds.
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All the pictures are only resized and retained original. I believe they would look even better if I did some post processing with a proper image editor. The LX2 is not a DLSR, but if you prefer a small-sized consumer DC I would recommend this one very much.

By the way, the LX2 supports high ISO up to 3200. But I would say the image quality is quite bad if you set the ISO greater than 400. Better to take pictures with good lighting.
 
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Tie great pictures. Talk about being able to put your work under a microscope. Damn....:0 10 mp huh resize keep the iso under 400. Thanks..
 
RocketQ said:
Tie great pictures. Talk about being able to put your work under a microscope. Damn....:0 10 mp huh resize keep the iso under 400. Thanks..
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keep the iso as low as it will go...usually on most cameras,,, the lowest is 80 or 100. some are 200. high iso is only for low light shots but i doubt you'll be shooting by candlelight.
 
bruin70 said:
keep the iso as low as it will go...usually on most cameras,,, the lowest is 80 or 100. some are 200. high iso is only for low light shots but i doubt you'll be shooting by candlelight.
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Very nice, clear pictures. For internet pictures, a good camera is not needed. What is needed is a good set-up with proper lighting. Not enough light and glare are the usual causes of poor pictures. You are absolutely correct on wanting a low ASA number to keep noise down on Digital photographs.

Dick
 
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