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Edited by zacharycash
08/09/2007 01:53 am
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It all depends on your camera (if it has a macro feature) and how close you want to take images. I take very close up images with a camera shooting through a microscope. On Cents and Dimes I can get a full shot of those through the scope. on other denominations (larger) I have to use a different way of taking images without the scope through my macro lens. On coins you have to be sure to have enough light without so much glare or you images will turn out dark looking/ wrong colored as in silver and know how to use what you have usually comes after much experimentation till you get it right. So keep trying to get what you can from your setup, and when you realize you can't get what you wish from it try others suggestions. Most of the time a click and shoot gives an image that you've just clicked and shot. So a lot of practise and using what works better each time can help make you get what you really want in a shot.
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Im shooting about a foot away with my camera with the macro setting.
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I usually find 2-3 inches is best for macro shots, but that is with my camera. Depends on where the image focus.
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08/07/2007 5:51 pm
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Do a search...I know this additional lens was discussed in another photography thread. I considered getting one, but was satisfied with what I am able to do with my S3. BTW, your S5 has a "super macro" setting that will get you much, much closer to the coin, if you wish.
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yea but the farther away I am the better the light can be
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Then the lens in question really might be a good solution for you?
Best wishes
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I think somewhere in this very long thread there is discussion of the lens you are asking about... https://goccf.com/t/4204&SearchTerms=canon+s3+isit might be faster to just email SuperDave, who, if I recall, made some comments on that lens? Just a thought. |
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yea but the farther away I am the better the light can be
Now you're talkin'.  I know of nobody who is dissatisfied with that lens. It will give you much larger pics at the same distance or allow you to move away more for better light for the same size. If you get it, just for fun, try some super-closeup work. Not necessarily with coins - just get real close to something well-lit, and see how many atoms you can count. |
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What exactly does the lens do? I'm not a photography expert and I was wondering just what the lens does. Will it make the picture sharper as well as larger?
Edited by zacharycash
08/09/2007 6:50 pm
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It will still be necessary for you to create the conditions which allow the camera to properly autofocus on the coin. If your S5 is anything like my S2, it will autofocus in Super Macro on an object which it is touching - it's that good. The 500D lens is a magnifier, plain and simple. It'll create a larger image on the sensor of the camera for a given distance from the subject. You'll be able to use Super Macro mode when 10-12" from the subject, and still get clear focus. Amazon has that lens for $87.49 with free shipping, by the way. http://www.amazon.com/Canon-500D-Cl...p/B00009XVD3 |
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I'm going to have to get that lens, I guess.  Gosh...another toy. Who woulda thunk it? |
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Superdave, by larger, how much larger do you mean? 1.5x as big? 2x?
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Superdave, by larger, how much larger do you mean? 1.5x as big? 2x?
I suspect you'll be able to put a nickel-sized coin close to 1:1 on the sensor, which is to say plan on seeing images in excess of 2000 pixels in diameter. |
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I suspect you'll be able to put a nickel-sized coin close to 1:1 on the sensor
What do you mean close to 1:1 on the sensor? |
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What do you mean close to 1:1 on the sensor?
I mean the coin should fill the frame. You might, with the larger coins, be too close to get the whole coin in the picture. |
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