On 25/03/2010 4:05 AM, Jim Thompson wrote:
Trying to take close-ups of chips, is there some kind of stand/tripod
to hold a camera pointing downward onto a desk surface?

What do you call it/where do you get it?

...Jim Thompson


I had good results with a mini tripod ($10), daylight and some extra
room lighting. The most important thing was to manually white balance
the camera. Of low cost cameras CANON have by far the best optics and a
"super" macro mode that focuses down to 1 cm (0.4 inch). A remote
shutter release is a good idea but you can work without it.