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 Posted: Tue Apr 7th, 2009 11:03 am
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 Try shooting with camera at longest photo length, and then move in until the watch takes up most of the picture frame.  Shoot outdoors at 1 hour before sunset for natural, but not harsh light.

Try building a light box -- I haven't build one, but I think there are plans online. 

Best lenses are Nikon, Leica, Zeiss, Zuiko, Pentax... but many of the after market lenses are good too.  What you want to look for is something other than the measely point and shoot lenses that are miniscule and do not focus well at close distances and sacrifice detail.

To get a really sharp image doesn't take 10million pixels...the image depends on the processor, lense, and the camera.  Go to some of the digital photo sites.

Good luck.