Taking Pictures With and Without Idealscope

[Surg]

Good morning, friends,

Exciting news as I have brought in and purchased a stone for consideration. We''re at the beginning of the return period and I wanted to post some pictures for you all to examine. Hopefully, I''ll be able to do that within a couple of hours today.

Do you guys and gals have any advice on how to best capture images of the stone itself and of the stone through a beginner''s Idealscope (e.g. what focus setting)? I saw the information on www.ideal-scope.com (e.g. tungsten white balance, laying the stone on saran wrap upside-down). I was just wondering if you all had any other tips.

Look for the pics later.

Best,
Surg

 

[heb1976]

When I took pictures of my diamond with a beginner IS I used this method...

Camera set on auto focus w/ macro on table w/ lens up...
glass on top of lens (used glass from small photo frame, make sure glass is clean!)...
idealscope set on glass centered on lens...
glass on idealscope...
diamond table down on glass centered on IS...
Click away!

This worked well for me. Not pro quality but I was able to check for light performance at least! Good luck!