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Miniatures? Anonymous
Ok, /p/ I need some tips on how to shot miniatures. Y'know, dolls houses n stuff.

Since the purpose of the images is merely a show-off, I can use high ISO, but still, most of the tests shots I've taken look crappy. Small aperture is almost a must, since DoF is not wanted on this case. Flash is horribe in this case, since there isn't almost space to properly set/use the flash.

Any ideas?
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>> eagle
100mm and a ringflash
>> Anonymous
whaddaya mean dof is not wanted? In my work when I'm shooting pictures of a 1/10 scale or smaller model, I use a tilt-shift to make it look like a full size mockup. You can pick those up for like 400 bucks from kiev camera.
>> Anonymous
>> 248786
If you buy me those things, s'ok.
>>248787
I want as much depth of field as possible (I should have said low DoF is not wanted) since the main goal of those images is to show how is the whole house, it's rooms, etc. If I use a big aperture, while I'll be getting enough light, the background will be blurry. All the rooms, the whole of 'em should be in focus.
>> Anonymous
>>248790
Yeah, so pick up a tilt-shift and tilt your plane of focus so that everything is sharp. The opposite of the miniature effect that people on flickr love to fake with PS so much.
>> Anonymous
>>248794
Again, I just can't buy stuff. There isn't any other solution, such as small reflectors, etc?
>> Anonymous
>>248796
your problem here is hardware based. You pretty much gotta buy stuff.
>> Anonymous
>>248797
Well, there just isn't any crappy way to solve the lighting problem? Shinning a flashlight on the area of the photo or whatever.

BTW, I'm broke
>> Anonymous
Oh, I thought that you still weren't getting enough DoF at f/22 or whatever. If your problem is just that you want to use a smaller f-stop but can't because of lighting, just put your camera on a tripod and boost the time. Quickest fix.

Second quickest is to get a desk lamp and pull it in really close. Or a flashlight if you feel like holding two things at once.
>> Anonymous
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>>248801
Accidentally hit submit.

...I'm broke because I spent my money on this, but I still haven't got it. Unless I get it before next friday, I would have to use my shitty D70.
>> Anonymous
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>>248803
I'm using f8 always that I can, enough in terms of DoF, but such apperture literally eat all the light I have... at ISO 1600.

Flash really sucks, pic related.

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>> Anonymous
Your subjects aren't moving. Put the camera on a tripod and shoot f/22 ISO 200, doesn't matter if the exposure is like 5 seconds. Even just resting the camera on a book or a pillow would probably work fine.
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>>248809
Why don't you just stick your camera on a tripod?
>> Anonymous
>>248812
>>248811
>>248803
Forgot to say, that'll work for some rooms, but I have a space problem too - that's why I was shoting handheld.
>> Anonymous
So your problem is that you don't have enough depth of field, you can't stop down, you can't use a tripod, you can't get a tilt-shift or wide-angle lens and you're shooting miniatures.

Your final option is to get a compact camera with a smaller sensor, which will have a wider depth of field for a given focal length. If you can't do that or any of the above you're completely out of luck.