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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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HaroldS, As shown on the picture below, the MF on your camera represents macro settings. Make sure you use that.  When I use my canon powershot (I'm not talking about the Nikon D5100), I usually put the coin under intense light so no flash would be needed. For now, don't worry about M or A or S or P. Auto would be fine (make sure the flash is off). Finally, use digital zoom from 50 cm away. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I use my phone. (Droid Razr Maxx) I've found the three tricks are: a) Don't freehand it, brace the phone on something. I can't control the shutter speed, so even the tiniest movement will blur the pic. It sure doesn't have to be fancy, my "tripod" is an empty margarine container. b) Use plenty of light, not the built in camera phone flash. I have strong overhead halogen track lights and a cheap thrift store clamp light for accent. c) Play around with different colored backgrounds and light positions. What works great for one coin will look horrible for another. Taking multiple pics is literally free, so try lots of different combinations. I have a total of $4 invested in my rig (not counting the phone heh). Not nearly as good as some of the professional grade setups here, but it works for me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8517 Posts |
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3076 Posts |
I like them all!!   Nice pics from such diversity..Although I have my own preference for a camera I love to see the results from other manufactures as well as the innovative phone pics!!  |
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New Member
United States
14 Posts |
Sony a290 with my stock 18-55 lens. Can't afford a macro atm. Might use my gf's Nikon d3000 with telephoto lens.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1700 Posts |
Problem with telephoto lens: minimum focal length is not very close.
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New Member
United States
14 Posts |
I use a telephoto lens on my aquarium photography with good results. "Upclose" shots or corals and plants taken from 8-10 feet back.
Should work for coins too?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1700 Posts |
northtexas55693,
which telephoto lens are you talking about? Is it a prime (fixed) lens?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Most longer lenses intended for use on cameras are telephotos. They have to be or else the lens gets really long to support the minimum extension even for infinity focus. If they are intended for bellows or enlarging use, they are simple lenses and thus need pretty big extensions. Most telephotos that have "close focus" capability also shorten their focal length to achieve it, but are still telephotos. The most popular macro lenses for coin photography are lenses such as the Canon 100mm, the Nikon 105mm, and the Sigma 150mm. These are all telephotos that shorten length at close focus distance.
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New Member
United States
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The Nikkor 55 mm-200 mm f/4 - 5.6 Lens is what I call a telephoto in this case.
While not a top of the line $1000+ telephoto it provides telephoto capabilities for my basic needs.
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Pillar of the Community
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I use a sony a65. I have three lenses I use for macro shots:
Sigma 70-300,Tamron 18-200,& Sony DT 2.8/30 macro. I Just picked up an AF compatible lens extension kit. It brings the lens to subject distance right down and converts standard lens to macro.
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New Member
Australia
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I use a Nikon D7000 with an old Nikkor 55 mm non-cpu lens. It is a great alternative to buying an expensive macro lens. The camera is set on aperture priority and will automatically adjust shutter. Manual focus.
I have a ring flash and have tried halogen lights. I am at the point now that I want to use only natural sunlight but don't have a diffuser. I am looking at setting up some sort of rig so I can use natural lighting without getting shadows.
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Posted 03/26/2013 3:19 pm
. That's almost a twin to my 34. 
