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3d Printed Co-Axial Lighting Setup For Coin Photography

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 Posted 12/19/2022  5:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add benassi124 to your friends list
I drew this up yesterday. I posted a link to a google drive with the files but it seems the post got deleted, are we not allowed to post drive links? I am waiting on thingiverse to approve my upload and I will link that for who ever wants it


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 Posted 12/19/2022  8:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mjkzz to your friends list
Awesome! I find that the deeper the bottom part is, the better, it will block lights from the openning reaching directly to the coin. To check this, you can take a look at the rim of coin where the inside should be darker all round. But if lights reaching coin directly, you will see some part of the rim is darker, other parts (directly opposite of openning) is brighter.
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 Posted 12/20/2022  11:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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I posted a link to a google drive with the files but it seems the post got deleted, are we not allowed to post drive links?
To protect our users, links from new members are not allowed. Even for established members, Google Drive and other file-share links are discouraged, but can be allowed with prior approval.
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That 100% makes sense. I will wait for thingiverse to review the file, and then I will pm a mod for further review
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 Posted 03/01/2023  9:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mjkzz to your friends list
Finally, able to get the file posted on GitHub. Important note: the file contains two components stacked together, need to either print them separately or separate them first and print them at different locations. Github link: https://github.com/mjkzz/DIY/blob/2.../CoinKit.3mf
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Here is a video, sort of as how to assemble and use. In the video, I showed "stitching" multiple images to make a bigger one. I was using Canon 550D, a crop sensor camera, so I had to stitch 6 images. With full frame camera, 4 are probably enough. Microsoft ICE software is a free software, very useful. Key part of stitching operation is to have enough overlap and consistent exposure. I was moving the whole lighting setup by hand, try not to rotate it.
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thanks, jbuck
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Sony A7R5 finally has focus bracketing and it is amazing, though it is still primitive, its 61MP sensor can help a lot. Check out zoomable image, it is about 35 mega pixles (5945x5945), stacked from 16 images using focus bracketing on the Sony A7R5. Zoom it up and take look at the details. Lens used is Sony 50mm f/2.8 macro lens

https://www.easyzoom.com/imageacces...cbbf67a4bfbe

Here is a smaller version of it.

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Of course, last image was done using coaxial cage. The cage is a bit tall, so I can not do 1:1, else, I might be able to stitch 4 of them to make a 100MP image. Now I regret not getting Sony 90mm macro that has longer working distance.
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Weird that the coin has two dates. The main date of 1966, then a "19" and "68" incuse in the stars on either side of date. I'm sure there's an interesting story to go with those.
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Ray, not even sure if it is a real coin, I just needed a larger coin so I bought one on Taobao.
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Weird that the coin has two dates. The main date of 1966, then a "19" and "68" incuse in the stars on either side of date. I'm sure there's an interesting story to go with those.


Common with Spanish coins of the era.

The small date in the stars shows the actual year of mintage.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1885.html
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Though this is about focus bracketing on A7R5, the coaxial lighting cage is used as example, so here it is. I hope the word "Zerene" is pronounced correctly.

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