Taking Jig pics (or any other small items)

[NeonMoon]

I actually got mine for coin pics (I also Metal Detect), but I could not take a decent close-up to save my life, until someone posted this:

Amazon.com: Celestron 44302 Deluxe Handheld Digital Microscope 2MP: Camera & Photo

$40 and free shipping.

Sorry I didn't have any Jig pics to post (lol, not that I'd want anyone getting that good of a look at them), but this will at least give an idea of the quality of pics it takes (hands free) in the event anyone might be interested.

[skiptomylu]

I just use my camera set on Macro and it has enough pixels that after I crop it and reduce it's size for the internet they do fine. Never used something like that and don't really think I need that. I can get my camera pretty darn close and still get a clear shot. I can't imagine this thing and how large is the picture from it?

Looks like it does a good job, but to make my question more clear, how large of an object can you photograph with it?

My camera I think is like 8MP.

[NeonMoon]

I know you can take good pics skip, lol all of us aren't so lucky. I tried everything I could short of putting the camera on a tripod and building a light box, and that may still not have produced good results for me. it was just a more fool-proof option for me to go this route.

As far as your question, I can't answer since I just bought it for smaller items. I do believe I have taken pic of Matchbox sized diecast, if that helps. I removed the stand that came with mine and mounted it on a mini-tripod for better adjustment. I generally upload all my pics to Photobucket, and have it set so they automatically resize for forum posting.

[skiptomylu]

Okay thanks, just wondering since it is a darn microscope how large of an item you could take a shot of. If you can do a matchbox then I would think a jig for sure. I can get my camera just a few inches away and still get a clear pic, but if I happen to get just a little too close, it's fuzzy like a lot are. I usually take most of mine probably less than 6" away from my lens. Heck I just had to pick up my camera to see how far it is away, LOL! I am lucky though I guess as I have always just been able to use a camera and it treat me well, but I have taken a ton of pictures over my life too. Even though about doing that for a living for a while a very long time ago.

Now the tricky stuff is taking clear picks of something glowing like FL Paint under a Black light, but it's so cool when you do. Funny but taking a pic of my glow jigs is totally different and since I take them in regular light it's easy and just like any other pic I take. It's just UV and FL stuff under a Black Light that is harder and have to do different things to get that. When that friend of mine was helping me learn to rope dub I took some pics of FL Stuff under a Black Light and then had to teach him because he couldn't get a clear picture of that.

Here is one I always really liked he tied.

[STUMP HUNTER]

That is a cool tool for take hand free pics and not a bad price for anyone that may be looking. I can take a pic of a nat on a frogs hair with my camera but there are times when it would be nice to have both hands free.

I'm with you skip on taking pics under a UV light. Getting the jig to light up in the right places can be hard to achieve..

[snake River]

we were messing around this morning with my cam camera made by logitech is high definition entered is very expensive I will post a picture here on what it can do but for 30 some dollars you cannot go wrong on that little camera that you posted I believe that I have $129 into this cam camera if you noticed the clarity is not is good but I did not have the proper lighting and we were definitely just messing with it. But I deftly and thinking about using that for jig pictures I've also enclosed a picture of a jig with the cam camera.