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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Kodak EasyShare Z710I received the camera yesterday and was playing with it. This is the coin I tested it with.  Camera says: Shutter: 1/80 sec Exposure: manual Aperture: f3.20 Focal length: 67.00mm Iso speed: 400 Am I missing anything else? Now, as for the size you see here I'm happy with that. And now I know this camera is capable of taking coin pics like this. I will need to work on lighting. Opinions? positive or negative? Don't worry I want to learn.  Thanks.
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I like it! It's a little bright, so here's a couple of suggestions to try to darken it a little bit. Mind you, a "good" coin picture is what you say it is, not me, so I'll happily shut up if you tell me too....
OK. I don't know what you can adjust with this camera. So, with the lighting *exactly* the same as it was in the above pic, try each of these changes, one at a time, to see how you like the result. Some will make more of a difference than others.
1) Change Shutter Speed to 1/100 or 1/125. Probably your best bet for just a small change.
2) Change Aperture to a higher number (smaller aperture) if you can. If the new Aperture is over 5.0, you'll probably have too little light, and will have to set a shorter Shutter Speed (under 1/60).
3) Change ISO to 200. That will make a pretty big difference.
Remember, one change at a time - each of those should darken the pic, like, "one" step darker. Chances are, you're going to have the most control over shutter speed on this camera
I like the angle of the lighting - the whole coin is bright enough so that you won't lose details when you darken it, and the only spots that are too bright are probably the left cheekbone and above the eye. Maybe the field between 1:00-2:00, as well. That's why I'm suggesting you play with camera settings before playing with the lighting - let's see what the best we can do with your current lighting is, because your current lighting is pretty good.
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Pillar of the Community
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"good" coin picture is what you say it is, not me, so I'll happily shut up if you tell me too...
No Dave, don't 'shut up' I want to learn and understand, so please give it to me. However, I must worn you I am a slow learner and It may take a little bit more time then most for me to 'finally' get it. I hope you are a very patient man. I don't what you to regred your helping me. I believe I can change all settings if needed. Note: the pic above was very large and in resolution and file size. In order to post it here on the site I had to decrease it. I tried to make it 800 pix but the file size was still to large to post here. Is there a way to decrease the file size and not too much of the pic(image)? I'm not sure how to do this. Thanks Dave, I will 'play' with the settings and change them as you suggested with same coin over the weekend. Hopefully I'll have it then. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice pic. I need to do the same thing and mess with lighting and aperture. Very very nice Mila. Congrats
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United States
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It will help you to learn, and save you much effort, if you record the settings of each shot on paper while you're shooting them. Then, unlike me, you will know exactly what it took to get each "look" of the coin, and you won't, unlike me, have to take bazillions of pictures of every new coin to get one you like. These days, I can look at a coin and know what the settings will be for it, or very close. It's taken thousands of pictures of hundreds of coins to learn, and the most important thing I've learned through all this is that I still don't have the lighting right.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice pic. I need to do the same thing and mess with lighting and aperture. Very very nice Mila. Congrats
Thank you tights24, The coin was placed on the windowsill ! And no flash. I was to lazy to clear a spot to take the pic. As you can see in the pic, the left edge of the coin shows the 'gold-ish' coloring. Now, another question: 'Focal length'..does this mean the distance between the camera lens and the object? Thanks. |
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Australia
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Focal length is the distance from a lens or mirror to the point of focus. It's not related to the distance of an object. Well with the short answer it's not anyway. More in depth explanation here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_lengthI like your piccy also by the way Mila cent. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Another attempt....How am I doing?  Shutter: 1/125 Exposure :Manual Aperture: f4.00 Focal lenght: 38.00mm ISO speed: 100 No flash
Edited by Mila_cent
02/19/2007 12:05 pm
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Pillar Of The Community
Turkey
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Great photo!!
I wish I could get such sharp ones.
Maybe a little practice with the lighting so to have less dark areas?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Very nice....the coin I mean. Photo not bad either |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1490 Posts |
Mila,
Good job on the pics. Here is an observation regarding your second picture.
It appears you have light coming from the left side thus causing shadowing on the right side of the coin. I would add a light source to the right side of the coin as well and take the pic from above the coin looking straight down.
I just got a roll of these coins so I am anxious to see how my pics turn out.
Kudos to the mint on this coin series.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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OK guys, here are more test pic. What do you think?   Edited by Mila_cent
02/24/2007 12:20 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
Mila,
Looks like we are in this new photo thing together, if you want trade experiences feel free to PM
Ken
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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Mila, George looks ticked in that last picture. I like it!! Those eyes say 'don't mess with me' all the way.
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