Macros - Photographing Electronic Equipment - Thumbnails
When taking photos of electronic equipment, you'll likely encounter equipment with a display of some sort. Often, the requirements for a good quality photo of the display don't match the requirements for a good quality photo of the rest of the device. For some cameras, there is no difference in quality/resolution between long exposure/low light and short exposure/bright light. It appears that's not the case for other cameras that use noise reduction for long exposures. This reduces the noise generated by the image sensor. The noise reduction also reduces the sharpness of the photo. For some cameras, you'll need to use a short exposure time and very bright lights (or the flash) to prevent the noise reducton from reducing the resolution of the fine details. If the device has a display, the display may not be bright enough to be seen when using short exposure times.
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| Additional Information: The image above/left is the setup for the photographs of the cell phone and calculator. Above/right is the setup for the camera photos. The Compact Fluorescent Lamps are rated at 5000K color temperature. Earlier, I stated that there are few options to long exposure times when a display is not bright enough to be captured during a short exposure. As you've seen throughout the site, I tend to use the smalles aperture available (f8) to maintain the depth of field. This is necessary to get the entire device in focus. If you're photographing an object that's essentially flat, you can use a larger aperture to reduce the exposure time. For the cell phone and calculator, the small aperture was required. |
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