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The only large amount of bricks I have are grey ones. They are fairly new grey ones and in every shot you can see my fingers on them. The bricks are not too glossy. Please help, I have great pre-production skills and can't utilize them due to my lack of skills of doing the actual process properly. This is really frustrating. Thanks!
Move your fingers away whilst taking a shot.
Move your fingers away whilst taking a shot.
Assuming that you can move your finger away. We don't know your settings so you'll need to clarify so we can give a better smart-alecky remark.
I thought my "too-simple-to-work" answer might hint that not enough information was given to give a helpful answer... Was I too subtle?
No, yours was sufficient enough. I prefer to be bluntly sarcastic, personally.
I have a Sony Cybershot and not a webcam. It is difficult to take a shot and move fingers a away quickly without bumping the tripod or the camera.
Now we're getting to the crux of the issue! The easiest solution would be if a stop motion program allowed you to remotely capture images with the Cybershot - off the top of my head I'm not aware of any though.
The best solution I would suggest at the moment would be to invest in a webcam so you can use remote capture with it. They're cheap (in comparison to full cameras) and will do the job. I recommend a Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 - with some of the newer webcams ont he market now, I suspect you'll be able to pick one up for relatively cheap.
I had the same problem that you have, just look the one of my old films I got a pro 9000 for 60$ of Amazon.com but I've see them for 50/55$. I hope this helps.
Last edited by Coolman Films (June 19, 2012 (11:55am))
What I try to do is move the camera in such a way that it is not directly in line with your fingers, that way you can't get the reflection. . .(That is of course you can move the camera easily) Oh and if you're using a camera that you have to manually press a button on the camera to take a picture try to invest in a remote button you can use to take from a distance. . .Oh probably should have mentioned this as well, try adjusting your lighting, see if different angled light makes a difference 
If you can enable a timer, it could fix this.
Good thinking, Noises.
I had to do that until I got my new camera... 2 seconds is enough time.
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