**** DONE: Spitfire Mk. Vb Trop. BS231 “D” of No 452 Sqn defending Darwin .

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I don't like leaving kits unfinished myself. I have just one other model I need to finish. A Fiat CR 42 CN. I've only stopped working on it for the moment because of this group build. I'll be finishing it as soon as I finish Nocturnal Nemesis. Then I'll start my next venture... An aircraft weathervane.
 
It's been a tough row to hoe, sitting with this catheter. Just to make things easier on my old self I am foregoing the control surfaces. Today I have forged ahead and finished the cockpit and seat belts. I have to paint the gun sight, install it and I can fit the fuselage to the wings, after I attach the blisters and scribe the panel lines. I can sit for a while on the torture chair an do some work now.
 

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Here is an interior shot. My purpose is to show what my new picture box can do. Got the Pentax Optio 5.0. I am rapt with the ease of use. I just need to know how I can get a longer depth of field. I'm really happy with the results in this cockpit. Can't waite to do my 1/32nd Mustang Merlin's Magic now.
 

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Bill, if you have InfranView (you can download it free), you will be able to take your pictures from further away and subsequently get a better depth of field.

Once I have the picture s downloaded, I enhance them with the Digital Photo Professional that came with the camera, take a screen print and past it onto Paint. You can then highlight the portion you need, and save it as a JPG file and then using the InfranView resize the picture to an accepted forum size.

Email me if you have any questions.
 
Thanks Vic. I have the Corel programs I can use. I was looking for a way to adjust the exposure time. Mucking around with it I have fond how to do it. It's a nifty old camera, a little on the bulky side but works great. 5X zoom that gets right in there. I guess I jumped the gun and got a little befuddled. Under control now. Works better than my big Canon EOS SLR.
 
Good stuff Bill. Better DoF = smaller aperture, longer exposure, therefore more light needed, and probably a tripod or desk-top stand. But check the manual, there may be a facility for multi-spot focus readings, where you select, say, three points in the view, with the shutter button half depressed, and the camera 'remembers' the field you want.
 
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