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Setting up the camera for jewelry photos

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Setting up the camera for jewelry photos

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I'm going to be describing several different lighting techniques to use for photographing jewelry. Most of the techniques will involve triggering remote flash or a speed light that is connected to the camera. Because of that I'm going to be using a DSLR for these demos. When we get into the demonstrations of continuous lighting techniques those will work Fine with a point and shoot type camera. A snapshot camera, you won't have to have this sophisticated equipment. But, for the purposes of these demonstrations, I wanted you to use a DSLR. I'm not a brand snob, there's several good companies out there. This happens to be a Nikon D800, it's got a full frame sensor. And I've matched it with a Nikon AFS Nikor 2870 F 2.8 zoom. That's a lot of data right there, but what it essentially means is that I've got a zoom lens that has a very large maximum aperture. So it's got a great deal of light gathering power. It also has a spheric lens elements and coded optics, so I have minimal chromatic…

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