taking pictures of cannabis

[Sterling]

hey my digital cameras pretty badass but when i try and take a good bud pic its all blury, its a sony 4.1 megapixels

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[Towelie]

5+ megapixels is good but check to make sure you have enough light and hold it still thats always important.

[Jay Matix]

yeah... mine is 5.1 megapixels... and it is pretty difficult to get a good solid non-blurry picture that shows good details (hairs, crystals, ect).

[Gothen]

Man, mine is also 5.1 megapixels, but it's really shitty for some reason. I can't get good close-ups of anything on it.

[SpiritLevel]

It's not about megapixels IMO!! My camera is 3.2 megapixels and I can just about take bud shots. The key is to not use auto focus in macro mode, but manual focus and a tripod for a steady shot. There are other threads slightly related to photography here (http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=81501)1, here (http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=74649)2, and here (http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=71035)3.

[clovisman]

you need to look at cameras manual- see what the closest focusing distance may be and keep that distance from subject- some lenses will not focus closer then 6 feet- if so take picture at largest file size and crop in photoshop- good luck

[bhouncy]

I would imagine that your camera has a close up setting. My cam is 5MP and I can get close ups but I only found this out when I read the instruction manual.

[SpiritLevel]

Yeah, reading the manual is also very good advice. I didn't read mine for over 13 months, I now realise what I been missing!!!

[benagain]

Macro mode and lighting.

[Bong30]

I would imagine that your camera has a close up setting. My cam is 5MP and I can get close ups but I only found this out when I read the instruction manual.

Yeah there is a setting for close ups.... read the manual..

On my camera.... it has a picture of a flower telling you it is close up mode. Sweet.

[invision]

macro mode lets the lens focus on objects within 1-2" a tripod is almost a must when getting that close unless you have a sturdy hand unlike me :)