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us Offline Diver

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on: July 09, 2016, 06:21:34 PM
I've been very impressed with the quality of photos members place on the forum.  My attempts to take close up photos with my cell phone have been pretty dismal.  What kind of cameras or techniques are you using to get nice clear close up photos of your knives?

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Re: Photos
Reply #1 on: July 09, 2016, 06:27:21 PM
I use only my phone  :cheers:

Using a camera takes too much time with turning on the computer, uploading them to the computer and then downloading them to this site again.

Sometimes I use the tapatalk app for placing pictures in my posts, this is by far the easiest way, but it reduces the quality badly. For the best quality pictures I resize it with the picresize.com website, upload the resized picture to dropbox and use the dropbox link in my posts on this forum.
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Re: Photos
Reply #2 on: July 09, 2016, 06:29:57 PM
I use an older Sony Cybershot digital camera and load them to imgur or photobucket and post links to them here.
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Re: Photos
Reply #3 on: July 09, 2016, 06:44:32 PM
What resolution/size is best for uploading using tapatalk?


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Re: Photos
Reply #4 on: July 09, 2016, 06:45:21 PM
Quote from: ewokmode on July 09, 2016, 06:44:32 PM
What resolution/size is best for uploading using tapatalk?


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The highest possible
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Re: Photos
Reply #5 on: July 09, 2016, 07:08:01 PM
I'm using some smartphone my daughter got me for Christmas....

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The orig photos are "fixed" in a free photo editing software....been doing photography since '73-'74 and on some days I just can't get it right but do have a little experience on how they should look.
« Last Edit: July 09, 2016, 07:15:34 PM by SAK Guy »
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au Offline Gohard

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Re: Photos
Reply #6 on: July 09, 2016, 07:27:24 PM
Quote from: SAK Guy on July 09, 2016, 07:08:01 PM
I'm using some smartphone my daughter got me for Christmas....

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The orig photos are "fixed" in a free photo editing software....been doing photography since '73-'74 and on some days I just can't get it right but do have a little experience on how they should look.
Not much you don't know buddy!!!!

And you also know a lot about slip-joints.
Hats off!!

I use a mobile phone camera. Don't have access to pc every time to download and fix pictures.
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Re: Photos
Reply #7 on: July 09, 2016, 07:34:52 PM
Quote from: Gohard on July 09, 2016, 07:27:24 PM
Quote from: SAK Guy on July 09, 2016, 07:08:01 PM
I'm using some smartphone my daughter got me for Christmas....

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The orig photos are "fixed" in a free photo editing software....been doing photography since '73-'74 and on some days I just can't get it right but do have a little experience on how they should look.
Not much you don't know buddy!!!!

And you also know a lot about slip-joints.
Hats off!!

I use a mobile phone camera. Don't have access to pc every time to download and fix pictures.

Thank you GH, you're very kind!!  :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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au Offline Gohard

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Re: Photos
Reply #8 on: July 09, 2016, 07:44:43 PM
Quote from: SAK Guy on July 09, 2016, 07:34:52 PM
Quote from: Gohard on July 09, 2016, 07:27:24 PM
Quote from: SAK Guy on July 09, 2016, 07:08:01 PM
I'm using some smartphone my daughter got me for Christmas....

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The orig photos are "fixed" in a free photo editing software....been doing photography since '73-'74 and on some days I just can't get it right but do have a little experience on how they should look.
Not much you don't know buddy!!!!

And you also know a lot about slip-joints.
Hats off!!

I use a mobile phone camera. Don't have access to pc every time to download and fix pictures.

Thank you GH, you're very kind!!  :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Merit Badges Start a thread with a photo of a repair you made with duct tape

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Re: Photos
Reply #9 on: July 09, 2016, 07:51:57 PM
I use a Canon G12 camera with a Canon 430EX II flash which I attach to the on camera hotshoe. I bounce the flash using the swivel head, 90 degrees onto the ceiling. I then use Corel Paintshop Pro X6 for my post-processing needs.
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Re: Photos
Reply #10 on: July 10, 2016, 05:01:01 AM
I mostly use my iPhone 6 Plus. Some of my better older pics were from my Sony DSLR, using a 100mm macro lens. I now have a Nikon D7100, but haven't really taken and MT pics with it.


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Re: Photos
Reply #11 on: July 10, 2016, 06:11:20 AM
I personally really like the Nikon COOLPIX S220 = CHEAP & They work so good for me i have 2.  :D :tu:
I do not use my cell phone for pics, because with a Digi camera i can just pop the card into my laptop.
I do not use a HOST SITE ie: Photobucket , No need as i just go load pics straight from "MY PICTURES" on to my laptop.

Digi cam Tips:
MACRO feature = On
FLASH feature = Off
IMAGE MODE feature = PC (1024) - This sizes the pix to what most Websites accept ( such as here )
ANTI SHAKE/VIBRATION feature = On

I Always use Macro for close-up pics/tang stamps.
I never use a Flash.
I Always take pics with the Sun behind me.
I Always have the knife in the shade of my body(sun behind me) , and shade from something else if possible , like a tree,awning,umbrella,etc.

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Re: Photos
Reply #12 on: July 10, 2016, 05:31:20 PM
I usually use a Canon Powershot S100.  It's the first compact camera I've had where the performance and quality is so good that I actually use it in preference to my SLR.  Not to say it's the equal of an SLR, but it's good.  It's leagues ahead of the S70 I had before, especially for high ISO performance.

Bright indirect sunlight is ideal, try shooting near a window that's facing away from the sun.

I always shoot at full resolution, and then crop & resize on the computer before posting.  Resizing can soften the image so apply a bit of sharpen filter in your image editing software after resizing.

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