photo help

[npate0001]

Im having trouble taking pictures of my cards. I havemessedwith settings and just am not happy with the result. I have a 7.2mp camera. Is that good enough? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

[OnePimpTiger]

That's plenty good enough, mine is only 4mp and I get good pics. I've found these steps provide the best results:

1 - Turn off the flash on the camera - when you use the flash you're either going to have a reflections or glare on the card/case or you're going to have to take the picture from an angle which makes the pic not so good

2 - Use a separate light source - I use a flashlight and shine it at an angle from the side. That way you get good lighting without a reflection or glare.

3 - Use the macro setting on your camera - Mine has the turn knob on top of the camera to change the setting and the macro symbol is the flower...but you may have to check your manual if it's different. The macro setting is used for close up pictures and allows the you to focus better on things that are close up. That way, you can get a close picture without it blurring like a lot of peoples do. You just have to have a steady hand when you take the picture, because on that setting the least bit of movement will make the picture blur.

You can look at the more recent pics in my bucket and see that it works pretty good...not the quality of a scan, but much better than a lot of people who's pics are too dark or too small or too blurry to even tell what they are. Hope that helps!

[flbilllsfan]

OnePimp is right on...check your manual as 7.2 MP should be fine. My Sony (8.0 MP) has a button that turns on a Macro for close up shots and they turn out pretty sweet. This is the same button that you use to scroll through the pictures when reviewing them.

However, I take my pictures with ambient light from a window as the light source, no flash, and close up macro on. You can check my bucket, they come out very nice. Without the Macro turned on the pics were so-so. Hope that helps my friend and happy trading.

[npate0001]

thanks. Ill put those tips to use tomorrow.