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Is There Anyway To Take Decent Coin Pictures With A Non Slr Camera?

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 Posted 11/29/2021  8:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add shatsi to your friends list
So what are your thoughts on the quality of this picture?

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I've started using Gimp but don't know how to play around with the colors yet.
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 Posted 11/30/2021  05:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add triggersmob to your friends list
Shatsi, I think it depends on your definition of "decent".

I use a Finepix J40 camera which I think would be similar to yours. I use this on the full automatic setting and on macro. Not the best photos in the world, but OK for what I need.
I have a couple of LED spot lights and also use the flash, which I find helps to give depth, but I cover the flash with some tissue paper, which helps to tone it down a fair bit.
I then crop in the camera and then import to my computer to finish cropping and adjusting for colour and brightness.
Here is one example...

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 Posted 11/30/2021  06:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Keith67 to your friends list
Nice coin Steve. Where can I see the other side?
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 Posted 11/30/2021  8:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add triggersmob to your friends list

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Nice coin Steve. Where can I see the other side?


Thanks Keith,
I don't own this coin any more, I think from memory I sent it to Kena in the UK, to help with his 7070 set.

I have sent Kena an email.

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 Posted 11/30/2021  8:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rmpsrpms to your friends list
I made a few edits to levels, white balance, sharpening, and saturation. I don't have the coin in-hand to check how accurate this is:

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I don't use gimp, just Canon's DPP.
Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at:
http://macrocoins.com
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 Posted 12/01/2021  09:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mcshilling to your friends list

The Canons DDP works great for doing coins. I have tried gimp and others and go back to DDP
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 Posted 12/01/2021  10:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add shatsi to your friends list
Okay let me see what Canon DDP is then.

@rmpsrpms Yes, those colors are accurate. Thank you
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 Posted 12/01/2021  4:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kena to your friends list
The pictures that Steve took of the 1875 S 20 cent coin that I got from him for my 7070 type set can be found at:

http://goccf.com/t/313294

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 Posted 12/01/2021  4:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add triggersmob to your friends list
Thanks Ken, I forgot about that thread. :)
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 Posted 12/01/2021  5:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add shatsi to your friends list
Kena, would love to see your type set!!
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 Posted 12/04/2021  06:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kena to your friends list
Here are some pictures of my 7070 type set taken with my mobile phone.


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I hope we don't get into trouble for the topic morphing into something else.

I don't have x3 Half Cents, a Capped Bust quarter, x2 Capped Bust half dollars and x2 Liberty Seated half dollars, x2 Liberty Seated dollars, and a Trade dollar.
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 Posted 12/04/2021  07:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add shatsi to your friends list
Thank you Kena, that's a nice set you're working on
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 Posted 12/06/2021  10:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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Here are some pictures of my 7070 type set taken with my mobile phone.
The pictures look good!
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 Posted 12/07/2021  7:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kena to your friends list
Putting together what I have so far was a bit of challenge since I live outside of the USA and most of them have been acquired via trades.
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 Posted 12/08/2021  10:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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Putting together what I have so far was a bit of challenge since I live outside of the USA and most of them have been acquired via trades.
Even more impressive!
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