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Hi fellow watch nutaronnies. Many people have commented on the reference photos I take in my walkthroughs, so I thought I'd share with you what I use. Good clear reference photos can make such a difference when working on a new caliber that's unfamiliar to you. Seeing the results of photos taken by digital cameras on mobile phones, it is apparent they do not have the macro focusing ability to capture the fine details needed to make re-assembly of difficult new calibers hassle free. I personally brought a new Sony Xperia Z3 Compact phone, with a 20.5mp camera, and was still very disappointed by it's macro images. It's not just the resolution that makes a good picture, the lens of the camera play just as big a part in the image quality. The camera I continue to use for my reference images is from Sea&Sea, and the model is a DX-1G. I purchased this camera many years ago for underwater filming and photography, as I was an avid scuba driver. I wanted a camera to capture the fine details of the corals, and all the small and wonderful creatures that inhabit the reefs. For a compact digital camera, I have not seen it's equal in macro photography even to this day. Neither have others, so this model of Sea&Sea is very sort after and still sells for nearly US$1000 :o ... I'm glad I brought mine when I did!! The good news is that the rare and expensive Sea&Sea DX-1G, is actually a just Ricoh GX-100 with the circuitry tweaked by Sea&Sea for underwater lighting conditions. The Ricoh GX-100 seems to be discontinued but secondhand ones come up for auction on fleabay all the time ... in fact there is one for sale right now (13/6/2015) including all the optional accessories, with a buy now of £99.00!! Here's the link: Ricoh GX-100 on FleaBay So if you're looking for a reasonably priced digital camera, to take excellent macro reference images, I highly recommend this camera, and you can see it's results in my walkthroughs.

Hi Guys, Thought I'd show you a great way to take macro reference photos with the camera on your phone or Apple MP3 player. It's called a Olloclip, and in this one device has 4 different magnification settings. 10x Macro, 15x Macro, Fisheye, and Wide Angle. They are very reasonably priced for what you get, and an invaluable tools for those reference photos we all need to take. Here's there site. http://www.olloclip.com/ And YouTube has heaps of reviews on them. Here's a good one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LBKG_eHDZg