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yea we have the entire series! me and my daughter love them, great fun.
I took better photos with out using the light box I made. But, even those pictures sucked.
Back to the drawing board.
I might just try doing it your way and scrap the light box that didn't cost me a cent to put together.
while i think your booth is more proper, the sides might be blocking too much light. i would remove the sides, or try to make a quick booth like this one for some tests.
my lighting: i have nothing fancy. the booth is directly under the ceiling light, and i have two lamps opposite each other next to the desk. one is a floor lamp with a bright 3way bulb. i use a naked bulb in the middle to really flood the area and bounce the shadows....some of this is just experimentation and did take me awhile the first few time to find out where my cheap lights needed to be. some times my middle light is only like a foot away from my model.
Camera settings: i am noob and really dont know jack but here is what i do/know..(i did look at the manual for your camera and it seems to be very very similar to my cannon, so it really should work)
i do not use the "auto" function, and never use flash. ISO is always set to auto, and 99% my Exposure is set to 0 for indoor shoots(tho can be messed with if too dark). the only things i really mess with are the color values and what not. not sure what its called on yours(but your does have similar functions ) outdoors i use vivid(makes colors pop, and think its flower setting for you page 39 in your manual i think [link] ) indoors i use a tungsten setting(maybe snow setting for you) and the neutral settings. this flattens the colors and just looks right to me.
as for the photo taking, i am about 1-2 feet away from the model and use the zoom function to get the shots i want.i rarely use the macro function but you might want to try that because of the 1/100 scale. you can turn on a "grid" function to help frame. with it zoomed, you are ether gonna want to brace your arms on something and be very steady or use the mini pod. a lot of the time i brace my arms on a chair(making a pod with them) set-up the angle and zoom and frame.
if not try taking the pic without the zoom, this might work too....but you will have to be very steady, maybe try the self timer..set up teh shot and set the timer to take a pic that way nothing is moving.
anyways try some of this out and let me know how it turns out. hope it works out for you.
As for the 'ISO' settings, I've used the highest setting and don't know how to set the 'exposure'.