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Alright I've been attempting to take some high quality photos of my 1903 to upload to the site for everyone to admire and must admit my best efforts are hadly inspiring

Sadly I'm no photographer but from the quality of the photos in the gallery there appear to be plenty of people who are. Any suggestions? I've heard mention of optical loupe's before...funnily enough I don't own one nor will I in the near future, how do people do it?

As the advice will be useful for more than just watches I'm looking forward to what people will say!

...or I guess I can always just "borrow" a photo and post it - not the same though...

Thanks in advance!!

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Happines is Good Health and a Bad Memory.
"Ingrid Bergman"

Just put your camera on macro mode and make sure you have proper lighting. A light box does wonders. This one is cheap and works very well

http://www.skaeser.com/servlet/Detail?no=586

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Thanks very much In2Deep. I noticed that Macro mode provided the best pictures. Light is certainly a big issue, I tried taking photos in the dark and light with white and black backdrops for both - a light box will be my next purchase from the looks of it. Thanks again!! Photos to follow.

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Happines is Good Health and a Bad Memory.
"Ingrid Bergman"

Good, because we love around here

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Agree with the light box. Other tips (if you've a DSLR rather than a compact)

Focus manually
Use a high f-stop
Bracket the exposures

Take dozens of pics at different settings and see how they turn out. You'll find what works best for you with trial and error.

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