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Valued Member
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If any body can help me on this thread I would be very grateful, here is my issue. I shoot my coins in macro using a recently purchased Canon PowerShot SX110 IS with 9.0 mp and 10x optical zoom/4x digital zoom. I do not get close ups like what I see on this thread, any secrets!
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Valued Member
United States
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Matt - Super Awesome Photos. The set-up looks good. Looks easy to slide the lights around to get optimal lighting. Some coins will want a full wash with the light behind the camera, some will want the lights coming at an angle to emphasis a die clash or double strike.
Make the sure the Sony camera's macro is on (the flower). Play with the distance and the zoom. You should be able to fill the frame with the coin. And do what SuperDave says, sharpness and contrast in editing program.
The bucket is a true photo-bucket!
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Valued Member
United States
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Rastatodd - The Canon SX110 is a great camera. Put it in Macro mode. Fool with the distance of the coin to the camera and the zoom. Get lots of light on the subject. The more light the more the camera has to stop-down.
"But Capn, what is "stop-down"?
It means the aperture on the camera has to close a bit. When the aperture closes you get sharper focus - it why photographers use flashes and flood light even for outdoor shots. They only shoot with a fully open aperture to get certain effects.
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Valued Member
United States
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Great photos. I have to say though - I love the cat examining the setup in the first shot. Makes me want to caption it and send it in to a lolcat site.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Stunet- The maximum I can zoom and remain in focus is 2.7x from roughly 12 inches from the subject and yes, that is in macro. Its unfortunate but good enough. My parents have a sony SLR that I've been playing with. Custom settings are much more flexible than my point and shoot and the macro is phenomenal but I have not been able to get the right color balance yet. Waredu- lol ya I decided to use that picture to add some life to the photo. literally.  |
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Its unfortunate but good enough. Good enough? News flash: You're already there, and won't do much better with $2000 worth of equipment. Play with the dSLR, and then spend the money on more shiny objects to put under the lens you already own.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Dave- Ya I noticed that the results are pretty similar between the 2 cameras I added sharpness and contrast to the picture as suggested and a little saturation to give the rim toning a favorable bump  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Anyone reading this should do the following-
Open up both close up morgan shots I have in separate windows, make both windows full screen, then alternate between the two. Awesome comparison and testament to the capabilities of editing.
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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Starting to build a similar set up mattbrowning7 gave me the layout too. I see that mattbrowning7 set up is open to the back maybe to take advantage of the light bouncing off the off white wall. I believe I will modify my set up by stapling white canvas to the back for better lighting, all my walls in the house are mostly primary colors.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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if you change your little bucket to a cut up plastic gallon milk container you mighty get better light diffusion... maybe super dave would chime in on this?
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United States
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if you change your little bucket to a cut up plastic gallon milk container you mighty get better light diffusion... maybe super dave would chime in on this? Although I've seen folks get pretty good results using diffused light, I don't use it. It's far easier for me to get the actual color and (more importantly) luster of a coin using direct lighting. |
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United States
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I agree with Dave, although I have since taken better shots of this coin with less dark spots, I think its important to show luster and have some strong contrast but I'll try the milk carton-sounds fun, thanks for the suggestion.
Edited by mattbrowning7
08/25/2010 10:26 am
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United States
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It's worth a shot, Matt. I personally prefer the light-dark contrasts shown in your '84 shots. Although one goal for me is to provide pics which the forum will consider good, in the end analysis I'm creating stuff I personally think is pretty. I like the look I'm getting, and y'all don't complain. |
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United States
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nice little set up you got there, thanks for sharing and giving me some ideas
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