On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:26:19 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:05:48 -0700, 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

Duh! I should get out what I have...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Co..._UseTriPod.jpg

before I worry :-)

Looks like all I need to do is make some kind of stand-off so I can
get the camera vertical and the field of view free of the tripod legs.

...Jim Thompson

Could you put the object-to-be photographed on a board supported at an
angle - then you wouldn't have to point the camera straight down - and
you could select the angle to keep the tripod legs out of the picture.



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