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Eric Kreszl Valued Member United States 85 Posts	Posted 02/19/2007 11:37 pm Hello Everyone, I'm new to taking photos of Coins. I've been a railroad photographer for several years now. You can see my photos on the following link. http://erickreszl.rrpicturearchives.net Any way I'm having a very hard time taking photos of my coins. I'm using my Pentax Optio Digital camera for photos but I can't get good photos. Any ideas or suggestions? Please let me know. Thank You, Eric Report this Post to the Staff

Learjet Pillar of the Community Australia 655 Posts	Posted 02/20/2007 01:43 am SuperDave did a pretty good writeup here in post 2. https://goccf.com/t/11582 Which particular problem are you having? Can't get close enough or lighting problems? Report this Post to the Staff
Eric Kreszl Valued Member United States 85 Posts	Posted 02/20/2007 08:12 am I would say that I'm having both problems. Eric Report this Post to the Staff
asciibaron Valued Member United States 206 Posts	Posted 04/10/2007 12:26 pm i too am a railroad photographer - nice shots Eric! I'm trying to photograph/scan several of my nicer coins and it's quite a different world. here's my gallery of railroad images... http://asciibaron.dyndns.org/index....y2&Itemid=55 -Steve Report this Post to the Staff
Lovethebluesman New Member United States 43 Posts	Posted 05/21/2007 10:37 pm Well my suggestion is...Don't Zoom, Move the Camera Lens closer to the coin instead. Makes a ton of difference with my cameras. Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24168 Posts	Posted 05/21/2007 10:39 pm Optical zoom is fine, you're better off using it if you can. Keep the camera away to get more light in. Forget your camera even has digital zoom, at least for coins. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
Lovethebluesman New Member United States 43 Posts	Posted 05/21/2007 10:46 pm Maybe it's just my camera. I use a cheap Samsung DV Video Camera/Photo Camera and it's zoom blurs the coins for some reason. heh, it's cheap, but it works fine close up. I run a sharpen filter before I save the final image. Report this Post to the Staff
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