Originally posted by fuent104 I should have been more specific when I mentioned the off-camera flash: it enables you to use higher f-stops and / or faster shutter speeds, which gives you more depth-of-field / less motion blur.
Those are true. With shots of movements the flash may be a real benefit. My experience in shooting the faces of watches has been that flashes cause WAY more trouble then they are worth. Diffuse steady light has been much more useful to me but I am open to suggestions that might improve my use of light in these (and all my) shots.
Oh, BTW, Roamers are your favorite eh? The only people I have known who were Roamer collectors were all in the UK. Seems they never really were popular here in the US. I understand that at boot sales they can be found at really reasonable rates even today.