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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree with Dave, your pics are fine, just keep what you have and experiment more with lighting.
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I just want to thank everyone for helping me along with my photography. Yes, SuperDave I think I've been bitten by the bug! I will be posting some more pics from my collection tomorrow. I found this lens set on ebay, what do you guys think? I've researched a little on bower lenses and they seem to be decent quality. http://cgi.ebay.com/Close-Up-Macro-...EW_W0QQitemZ190063783133QQihZ009QQcategoryZ30059QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem |
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I just want to thank everyone for helping me along with my photography. Yes, SuperDave I think I've been bitten by the bug! I will be posting some more pics from my collection tomorrow. I found this lens set on ebay, what do you guys think? I've researched a little on bower lenses and they seem to be decent quality.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Close-Up-Macro-...cmdZViewItem
I was unable to find anything bad about Bower, either. All the same, I'm stuck in the "you get what you pay for" frame of mind. It may be that the optical tradeoffs such a cheap price demand won't interfere with your particular type of photography. It's not a real big monetary risk. If it were me, chances are I'd risk it.  |
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United States
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Well I went ahead and got the lenses. I figured for the money it wasn't too bad a risk. I'll post some pics when I get them. I've got this coin up on the practice grading forum.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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White balance seems to be off a bit...note the bluish tint...bring more light.
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Valued Member
United States
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BadThad, I believe you're right. I'm going to get more or better lighting to the coin.
Thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If white balance is off, you don't need more light, but you do need to adjust the camera for the temperature of the bulb you are using. Either that or change light sources to match the white balance as it's set on your camera. Your pics look pretty good aside from white balance. With just a bit more tweaking of your system, you'll have some excellent photos to share.
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United States
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It seems like the Merc was shot under tungsten (incandescent) light with the white balance set to either Cloudy or Sunny; that usually gives the bluish cast to the resulting pic.
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Valued Member
United States
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Yes Dave, the shot was under 2 40 watt GE high intensity tungsten bulbs. I set the white balance to one touch white balance. For one touch white balance you set up your camera for the shot, lights on, and then go to your white balance menu for one touch white balance, click OK and the white balance should be correct. There's also a manual white balance adjustment that I will try next WB+/-. What's the overall concensus of types of lighting used for coin photos?
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Valued Member
United States
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If you look at the coin photography site by Mark Goodman http://coinimaging.com/photography.htmland you see that small black halogen desk lamp he has pictured, well I had that same exact lamp about 8 years ago. I just used it for viewing coins with my loupe. It was a great little lamp. I can't remember where I got it though, maybe K-mart and wonder if they still sell these. I'd like to set 2 of these lamps up. I've tried moving the camera further away from the coin to get better lighting but I lose too much detail. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Excellent article, Merc. Learning to do "macro" with coins so I'd better save this article.
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Valued Member
United States
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Ok, here's my first try photographing thru a slab. Went to K-mart and I couldn't find my old halogen lamp but found 2 20watt halogens that are awesome. The goosenecks let me get much closer to the lens and the coin than my other 40 watt desk lamps. I'm posting these pics to the grading forum next. Then I will take a pic of a nice unc Roosevelt dime and post it next.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Well this merc was more handy, I'll do a roosevelt later.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Here's a pic with one of those new bower lenses,this one with the 4X. Almost forgot to say coin is in a slab.   Edited by mr merc
03/15/2008 8:19 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Posted 03/09/2008 10:14 pm
