re: Beading Business: How to Choose the Right Digital Camera for You

shellyscorner — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:39:07 GMT

Wow! Jennifer! I don't know whether to say, "Thank You!" or "Are you KIDDING ME?!?".

Well, obviously, a Thank You! goes without saying! You gave me SOOOOO much to think about here. Sadly, you didn't tell me anything that I really didn't already know. HOWEVER, what you DID DO, was reinforce to me how important those basics really are and even sadder, told me how much I really don't know, or more positively put, how much I have to learn...and learning is ALWAYS a great thing! I know in such a small space as a blog there's just not enough room to go into detail, but I wish you could have given me a better sense of where to look for what I need to know. I say that kind of tongue in cheek, cause you gave some great ideas! I just can't afford to take a photogrphy class, and I'm afraid that may be what I need to do.

What has been so frustrating to me is the camera I bought about two years ago, a small digital point and click pocket size (maybe 3"x4") was a great little camera and takes fantastic pictures, just not macrophotography that I need for taking pictures of jewelry up close! And what is UP with owners manuals these days? I am a highly intelligent woman, but these things have gotten to where they are approaching useless! Unless of course you already KNOW about the product in general and just need to know how to do something "model specific"! Then you might find your owners manual helpful! They USED TO EXPLAIN what things on an object were for NOT JUST HOW TO USE IT. If I don't know what it's for, THEN WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO USE IT!?!? I may KNOW what I'm wanting to DO, BUT if I don't know WHAT IT'S CALLED, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK UP TO FIND OUT HOW TO DO IT!?!?

Whew! Ok... I feel better now! (you really believe that, right?) ;-)

Anyway, I guess I need to go write a note to Liz! You know, the sad thing is, I actually took a photography class in high school! But, yeah!, THAT was an ENTIRE LIFETIME ago! Man how time flies...EVEN WHEN YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION, and may not even be having fun!

Jennifer, thank you so much! I really can't imagine the effort that it takes to do a blog like this, and you do it so well!! Thank you for your time AND your efforts! I really do enjoy your work a lot!

Beads Away!,

Shelly C.

Greensboro, NC

re: Beading Business: How to Choose the Right Digital Camera for You

KWseattle — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:12:02 GMT

If you're planning to use your camera to photograph bead work, I HIGHLY recommend visiting a store (like one of the big box stores) where you can check out its macro feature before making a purchase. With my husband's camera, the macro focus was fixed at the center of the screen, no matter what I did. This makes it very limited in its usefulness. You really want a macro that will focus either on the closest object to the lens, or even better, where you direct it.

I took some of my beading to the store with me, explained what I wanted to do and why to the assistants in the photography department, and they were incredibly helpful. It helped that I went at a time they weren't busy.

I talk about this in my post on photographing my bead work: baublicious.blogspot.com/.../photographing-my-bead-work.html