[Jewelry making - Article 00032] - Re: [Orchid] Scanner and Digital Camera

[Jima &Carlie Abbott]

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    I have used a Nikon Coolpix 990 for a little over two years and am
    very happy with it. I bought it specifically for taking pictures of
    jewelry which it does very well, but it has led me into many other
    photographic areas as well. I have several friends that have the next
    camera in this evolutionary line which is the Coolpix 995. It also is
    a great camera. I haven't tried the new 4500 but some reviews are
    good. Check http://dpreview.com which I find to be a useful site for
    reviews and information about digital photography. He calls it the
    best in its class for macro photography.  We will be ordering the
    4500 soon for the digital arts studio where I teach and I'll report
    back. It's current lowest price is $485. 995's can be bought on the
    web for a little less. There are many other good cameras on the
    market and as you read this they are getting better and cheaper at an
    amazing rate. 

    As a jewelry artist and a business person, the 990 and digital
    photography in general are having a strong positive impact on my life
    and work. My wife and I sell our work at juried art shows on the west
    coast and in the southwest. We now do all of our jury slides from
    digital files for $5 a piece and they are of high quality. Marketing
    our work by sending pictures of new jewels to our clients as email
    attachments is becoming a larger portion of our sales, approaching 15
    percent. I believe it will become a much larger proportion in the
    next 5 years as I build the email database of our customers. The
    digital camera makes it very easy to document all of our work and
    create record books of the evolution of our jewelry in the studio.
    Working with the images as digital files in the computer, it is very
    easy to remove unwanted reflections & shadows and do color correction
    etc. Using fairly inexpensive inkjet printers, useful marketing
    materials can be created utilizing digital jewelry images.  With a
    little learning and practice all of these processes can become
    efficient and easy. Photoshop 7 is the current ultimate image
    processing software but earlier versions are great too. The trimmed
    down version called Photoshop Elements which is now up to version 2
    is an excellent lower cost image editing package that can sometimes
    be had for as low as $50. 

    Besides all this, digital cameras are just plain fun toy/tools to
    have and use. 

Good luck
Jima Abbott
http://www.mixedmetaljewels.bigstep.com

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