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Close-up finds shots – A homemade solution

Photography in Archaeology
As digital cameras can take amazing close ups why not enhance your shots with this homemade diffuser set-up which costs only a couple of quid and a ½ hour to make.
The only thing you need is a half decen digital -camera with a good macro ability.
Now buy yourself a large funnel, (preferably white [...]

Close-up and finds shots

Photography in Archaeology
Most digital cameras can take amazing close-up shots and details, however
you must tell your camera what you are doing or it will end up with out of
focus shots.
To prepare your camera you must enable Macro mode (some cameras also
have a super macro for incredible detail).  This is normally achieved by
moving a dial or [...]