Light tent recommendation

Can anyone recommend a light tent or other set up for shooting product photography to avoid glass glare, reflections? Keep in mind I have no lights now as I'm a landscape photographer. I've read about light tents which seem to be an option. If so, any recommendations that include lighting? I'm asking on this forum so I don't have to reinvent the wheel

DIY: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=480210

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=281524

Are you going to use it a few shots a week, or for something like a 100 product assembly line? As an alternative to a tent, look at the knife & Browning threads here for some more interesting lighting: FAQ - Studio Lighting

Unfortunately light tents are the WRONG 'solution' just as often as they are the correct thing to use. To a large part, your lighting has to suit the PURPOSE to be achieved in the photo. If the point is to bring out the texture of an item, such as for a textile, it can be absolutely the wrong thing to use, as it de-emphasizes texture!

All too often, some think 'bright out the light tent' automatically when 'product photography' is the goal, as if it is the unversal solution...but one has to know WHAT is the product, and some do not work with light tents. Some DO!

Wilt, looks like a spammer woke up another old thread , this one seems to be nearly four years old, so I would think the OP has figured out something by now, although what you say is very good advice. I do quite a bit of product photography, and the light tent can be very good for smaller items with reflective surfaces, especially for jewelry and the like, as they do help with removing unwanted reflections. Even when using a light tent though what matters is how you light it, since any decent setup will still allow for multiple light placement options. What I find really useful for larger subjects is having a number of 3×4 white correx sheets, and also some sheets of clear and/or translucent acrylic sheet that can be placed strategically to build a white background, and to place to remove reflections when necessary. The white correx also makes for a handy improvised reflector at times too, so handy to keep around.

Alan

Hmmm...I seldom look in forums as collections of topics. I usually look only at recent FYEO, or 'New Posts', and then reply if I have something to contribute. Looks like I took the bait of a recent post which was then deleted, after I replied!

Wilt wrote in post #18221760
Hmmm...I seldom look in forums as collections of topics. I usually look only at recent FYEO, or 'New Posts', and then reply if I have something to contribute. Looks like I took the bait of a recent post which was then deleted, after I replied!

I know it is really annoying when some spammer zombifies a thread, and you fall for it, especially if the thread contained some contentious posts, as it can reignite a years old arguement. Having been caught or nearly caught by this myself a number of times, I always try to remember to look at the date of first posting for any new thread, especially one that seems to have gained a high number of posts, that pops up suddenly in the thread list. Although I mainly look in each sub forum individually, I am usually only looking for the threads that have the new post indications. I tried the New Posts section, but as I don't actually want to hide any sections it just seems to end up with overload, as some fora seem to have very high post rates compared to others, so going to each fors is a good way for me to filter the new posts.

Alan