General settings camera for product photography:
In many cases your camera is set to automatic, then you cannot set the tips below either. For the most ideal settings in combination with the MagicBOX, we recommend shooting in M or P mode. When your knowledge of photography is limited, the P mode is the best option. The ISO, shutter speed and aperture are then set by the camera, but you have the freedom to adjust the following settings.
Automatic white balance
The AWB (automatic white balance) is normally set to automatic but om because the MagicBOX is equipped with LED lighting, the photo camera can register this light as blue/gray light.
Check your camera’s menu to see if you can manually change the AWB to, say, shadow or daylight.
The blue/gray background light is then converted to white light.
Check which type of light suits you best.
Exposure
Often your product is underexposed/too dark, because the MagicBOX has an illuminated background and back.
You can easily solve this with the following adjustment/setting.
On the back of your camera you will see a square symbol +/-
By default this is set to 0.
+ : background and object will be overexposed, everything will be brighter, this will make the background whiter/brighter.
– : background and object will be underexposed, everything will be darker, this will work if you use a black/dark background.
Light measurement
Try to use the various light meters in the camera to their best advantage:
multi-field metering, center-focused metering and spot metering.
Macro photography
When photographing close up, it may be advisable to activate the macro mode (tulip symbol) to get very close to your subject.
The advantage is that the device can then focus.
