On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Vitaliy <piclist@maksimov.org> wrote:

> A question for Russell et al. :)
>
> Say you have a small object (about the size of a postage stamp) that you
> are
> trying to photograph at high resolution. You can get it all in focus using
> a
> large aperture setting (say, 14) but it comes out sort of blurry/noisy.
> When
> you use a small aperture setting (say, 4) you can get really sharp details,
> but the depth of field is so narrow, that in 3/4 view you can only get a
> part of the object in focus.
>
> Of course, you can move the camera back, but then you don't get the high
> resolution.
>
> Short of photographing the front, middle, and back, and stitching them
> together in Photoshop, what are the options?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Vitaliy
>


Use a small aperture and leave the shutter open for a longer period of time.
If the image is junk then it's your camera (since you already said it's on a
tripod with a remote shutter release.)

It is also possible that you have your ISO setting too high. It should be
lower for less noise.

And yes, if you want to send me a RAW file that would help me diagnose your
problem.

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Martin K.
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