Help Getting A Picture

coinsrfun,

Thanks, having fun is hard but I'm learning that the fun is in sharing my webpage and building my webpage and talking to people here on CCF. I'm loving this. Something like "The Perfect Picture" just seems like too much pressure for a hobby.

Thanks Again,
Rich

ok since you said you werent happy 100% with what you are getting I am guessing you are at least closer to the outcome you are trying to reach than you were at first. Each camera is different as I mentioned before because I can't take a picture of a coin if I am not in macro mode and others just simply use their zoom. The lighting and white balance may be what you need to try to adjust next to see if you can get closer to the 100% than you were in the last shots. I had my camera probably 6 or 7 years (even though I wasn't collecting coins steadily at that time) and have been messing around with my camera off and on since I started collecting and it wasnt until about a month or so ago that I could say I am actually happy with the pictures I am producing with my camera. It really is just a trial and error type of thing since each camera is going to be different, so what may work for one may not produce the same results with someone else, sometimes even with the same camera. The lighting seems to be more important than the how many MP the camera has, then you have the tripod and shutter options that really make a difference also (even though focus doesn't seem to be the problem you are having). have you tried taking the coin out side on a sunny day and see if you can produce better results? if you haven't you may want to try that and if you get closer that will help you narrow it down to lighting

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