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rupp16 Valued Member United States 116 Posts	Posted 08/19/2014 8:25 pm can someone help me please Report this Post to the Staff
rupp16 Valued Member United States 116 Posts	Posted 08/19/2014 8:53 pm anyone on that can help Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 08/19/2014 9:53 pm Looks pretty good to me. You're trying to zoom in further? How much more magnification are you looking for? What you have now is approx 2:1 magnification. To do a lot more you will need additional optics. A lot of folks do high magnification shots shooting through a magnifying glass. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
rupp16 Valued Member United States 116 Posts	Posted 08/19/2014 10:37 pm Oaky through a magnifying glass Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 08/19/2014 11:01 pm You need to find a good magnifying glass or the image will not be very good. Hold the glass up near your eye and look at the coin naturally. Take note of the distance between the lens and the coin (Lc), and the lens and your eye (Le), and also measure the thickness of the magnifying glass (Lg). Set your camera on infinity focus (not macro!) and adjust the stand height to Lc+Le+Lg. Hold the lens at height Lc above the coin, and your camera should see pretty much what you see when looking through the magnifier. This is just a starting point. Adjust things around as needed to get the best shot. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
Bababooey Valued Member United States 374 Posts	Posted 08/20/2014 01:49 am If you want to get the whole coin you need to hold the camera back far enough so it can focus. Then crop the photo so the coin fills the whole photo. Cropping it will bring out the details. Those are best to post on this site. Folk seem to have good results with cell phones (iPhones in particular) as well. Edited by Bababooey 08/20/2014 01:49 am Report this Post to the Staff
rupp16 Valued Member United States 116 Posts	Posted 08/21/2014 08:52 am okay thanks Report this Post to the Staff
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