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does anyone know the best way to take pics of hard chrome finish?
I've been playing between natural light, flourescent and white artificial, but using a digital camera seems not to adjust properly for the reflection of light off the chrome finish.
Any insight would be appreciated or links to this mystery would certainly help between best light and background.
I'm sure several of us are suffering from the same delimea...

Digital cameras are no different than film cameras when it comes to reflecting light.
Try not using direct light. This picture was taken with my dig. by placing the gun on a table beside a window with indirect sunlight. Then bouncing sunlight into the gun with white paper. Place the camera on a tripod and use the timer to expose it after putting the controls on apature priority. Take a series of brackets.
Marsh

Couple of quick questions....are you using a tripod, if not, go get one for about $20. It'll allow you to shoot at slower speeds using ambient light, reducing harsh shadows and "hotspots".
Does your digicam have the feature whereby you press 1/2 way down on the shutter button and it will "lock" the exposure information for as long as you hold it ? If so, try laying a white sheet of paper over the gun, press and hold the shutter button halfway, then remove the paper and press down fully on the shutter release to take the shot. The camera will calculate the exposure from the ambient light reflected back off of the even white surface which should result in a better more evenly cast picture.
I only have 2 silver guns, but have the same problems shooting some highly polished blued Smiths....

this is the best results of my efforts on hard chrome finish...running a 7.1 megapixel digicam off a tripod with timer and no flash under flourescent

Damn, that 3-1/2" 27 with the cokes is one sexy gun.
Marsh

Hey, your Kimber pic isn't as bad as you'd have us think. I think part of the trick is to shoot at an angle to the main flat surfaces so you don't get bright reflections skewing the exposure, which is what you've done....
not good...


same gun, same finish, just from a slightly different angle-bit better reflection-wise but i should've caught the greenish tinge in photoshop...


ah that old thing Marsh ? it's a 5 screw pre 27 apparently, i just use it to pound back the nails when they work loose on my front deck...
this gun I use for putting nails in the indoor walls.....even came in a box !