Interesting observation

[RCS]

Attachment 24358Attachment 24359Photo on the left was taken with lighting from a lamp while the photo on the right was sunlight,
note the two different shades of the same cartridge belt

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[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Natural light seems to show the real shade on the belt. But people have a love for Edison's light bulb.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Digital cameras need to have plenty of light for the LED to work properly. Otherwise the subject matter seems to darken and lose definitional, especially with a lighter background.

This new knife about drove me nuts trying to get decent photos with a digital camera. Due to the almost crystal-like finish it changes colors even to the naked eye from one room to the next. From light gray to almost black.

In bright sunlight it's sparkly and gray. (It sparkles even more to the naked eye)
I bet with a regular optical camera the sparkling light would have shown up.



This is indirect sun and about how it looked to the naked eye -


Then there's the balancing - or what a digital camera sees, especially inside. These both used the same bright light source but look completely different with different background.



The bottom photo is pretty much how the knife looks to the naked eye when inside with regular room light.

I've found I get the best digital photos with indirect outside light, but it's not always practical so try to do the best as I can inside. Using the flash seldom works so I use bright lamps, neutral background and a tripod to get the best images. I might be able to do better with a more expensive digital camera but have to make due for now with what I have.

I love digital cameras for all the obvious things like cost of developing film and the ease of sharing on-line, but I was recently going through some photos from air shows the other day that I took with 35mm film and the clarity and richness was noticeable. Did anyone else notice how rich the old photos looked of the planes at David Monthan in the link I posted. They were all from slides taken with a regular 35mm camera.