Re: [EE] The secret to taking sharp pictures of circuit boards by "Vitaliy" .

William "Chops" Westfield wrote: > (artistic license enters into it as well; someone > mentioned that the Sparkfun photos don't use the maximum depth of > field; I'll bet that's intentional; they ARE marketing photos rather > than pure technical photos.) Take a look at this photo: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/images/products/08473-04-L.jpg Would you say the fact that only the USB connector is in focus, is intentional? In this view, the coin is mostly in focus, while most of the board isn't: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/images/products/08473-03-L.jpg The truth is, getting a good depth of field in this sort of photography is not easy, and you really have to understand a thing or two about how cameras work. We ended up shelling out several hundred bucks for a macro lens, so the cables we were taking pictures of, would look sharp *and* be in focus. Vitaliy