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New Member
United States
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hi first time on this forum just bought canon rebel t3i and 100 mm macro based on the advices that I read on these forums but still need some help in the setup of the lights ? see pictures any suggestion   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those pics look great! Obverse shot is slightly out of focus, reverse looks sharp. Just takes a little getting used to I suppose. I'm no expert myself by any means. Also, you can tweak the program you're using to compress them so your coins appear even bigger to admiring eyes  |
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New Member
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New Member
United States
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New Member
United States
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just added more nicer pictures i dont have a problem with raw coins but when I use the slaped coins when I use the macro canon 100 mm with tripod 54" it does not fill the whole slaped coin do I need to buy a larger one or there any other ways  |
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Valued Member
United States
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You're off to a great start!
I don't understand the question you're asking. Are you trying to take a picture of the entire slab, or are you trying to fill your camera's detector with the coin?
-LTB
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New Member
United States
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yes I'm trying to take picture of the whole slab
but my tripod is 54" and to the extent of it I can not take picture of the whole slab
see picture above
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Moderator
 United States
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With a 100mm Macro, you're just going to have to come up with more distance between the lens and the coin. That's the tradeoff with such a long lens. You may, and I'm not joking, have to put the slab on the floor to get it all into the shot. 24" from front of lens to the slab, at least, and I don't think that will do it.
With that said, a shot that includes the whole slab will not present the coin itself in any great detail - not compared to your coin-only pics, anyways - so you might as well use the stock 18-55 for full-slab images. It'll do nicely for them.
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Valued Member
United States
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Yeah I would agree with SD, use another lens. It's kinda like the people trying to use a microscope cam to get an image of the entire coin...it defeats the purpose of using a MICROscope. Same goes for trying to use a macro lens to take a zoomed-out image.
But if you're hell-bent on using your macro lens, back away a few more inches and turn the slab landscape instead of portrait.
-LTB
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New Member
United States
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thanks for the help
what about using canon 60 mm instead of 100 mm macro
does this lens 60 mm gives you the same macro close up pictures and I think it will take less room to work with so the whole slap will got in easier
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Moderator
United States
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The 60mm is just as good as the 100mm optically. It won't give you as much distance from the coin for an image the same size, and will therefore make lighting a little more difficult. The final image of a slab will be no different - the camera itself, not the lens, determines how big a pic will be. I don't think you're looking at a good reason to downgrade from a 100mm, and no reason at all to have both lenses.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Loving the pictures of the IHC. Great job! |
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Posted 03/29/2011 8:40 pm
