Robert,

I came to photography with a Nikon SLR back in the 80's ( ) and now use Fuji Digital. I did some photographs of my razors to post on a website and the macro settings were horrible....if I wanted to shoot the maker's name, great - but not for decent photos of the blades. I even had the camera on a tripod. In the end, I opted for hand-held and zoom...using good marksman technique (breath, let out half, fire, release the rest) I got some decent shots. I am using a black velvet background (velvet in a poster frame)...next time I may put the blades on the velvet on the floor and use my large tripod, keeping the camera 4-5' from the object....seems like it will work better. Also direct flash is just as other have said...in the exposure the razor disappears due to the reflection from the blade...got better results with a halogen desk lamp.

Your razor, no matter how good the photo, will look amazing!!!!



Greg