praetor Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 So I've tried some new ways to photograph my watch (from previous thread). This time, used a tripod, ambient sunlight, image stacking, and increased aperture. One thing though.. There's a lot of noise... maybe too little lighting? wm9 v2 modded 1665 pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Looking good. And you're right... you need more light. And that red (that's reflecting from the bezel) is coming from your hand. Use a tripod or get rid of the red noise with PS lasso -> saturation option. I use 4 lamps. One on the top (of the lightbox), one on the right, one on the left, one on the back (not absolutely necessary). Change the height and angle of these lamps until you find a good balance. Good luck, you're doing fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Looking good! But I agree- A little more light and I think you'll be shooting with less noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Try a slower ASA setting as well. As "film speed" increases so does the noise in the digital world... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Your ISO setting for that first shot was 3200!!! You should be around 200 to 400 and then it will be far less noisy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Yeah, ISO, I'm trying to figure out why ASA popped into my head. Guess I'm still stuck in the 35mm film days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 You should be around 200 to 400 and then it will be far less noisy! When it comes to avoiding noise, the lower the ISO the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lantis Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Good thing you didn't delete the EXIF data, otherwise we'll all be guessing what went wrong I'm just going to check the first one: You shot at aperture f/16 with shutter speed at 0.8 sec, focal length 105mm with ISO 3200 in aperture mode. First off: lower the ISO first. The lower the ISO the higher the quality. For macro shots, no higher than 200. Ceiling is 400, but that's pushing it. Set the aperture lower, around 4.0-8.0. Since I don't know the lens you have, this is mostly the sweet spot of lenses where it is the sharpest. NOTE: I said lower aperture, because you might be confused. The correct term is higher, because lower numbers mean higher openings. Higher opening of aperture = more light can pass through the lens. Since you're using a tripod, shutter is not important-- unless you're trying to capture the lume, you set your camera to shutter mode and set it around 2 secs. Goodluck and try again! You're almost there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praetor Posted August 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 thanks guys, I'm getting there... as soon as I learn how the buttons work in my camera. Maybe I should work on that dial printing thing.. hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 This is all very interesting to me. I've never manually set my camera, so I have no idea what values that I'm shooting at. So, for grins, I pulled up one of my pics and looked at the EXIF data... Aperture: f/2.5 ISO: 400 Focal length: 50mm Shutter: 1/40 sec. I think I will try toying around with some of my settings to see what that nets me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Once you've got a tripod or some sort of stable platform, lower the ISO! 1600 is way too high for stationary shots. Noise aside, your shots are already looking pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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