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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've never perfected the close up picture taking of coins. I see great close ups on ebay, and on here, so my question is, what's the secret? I'm relegated to using my camera phone, just out of convenience, does it take an expensive digital camera to get a close up of a coin? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I only use my phone, too, but I use a makeshift tripod to help steady it, using a cent size coin tube. It's just the right height for the working distance of my phones camera. Plus, get a photobucket account! You can crop all your images using their software online and link the full resolution images here instead of having to deal with the 100kb limit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1566 Posts |
I use my iPhone. The secret is to set the phone on a small stack of books about 4 inches high. Overhang the phone off the edge and set the coin underneath. That way you're not trying to hold the phone and snap a pic. The most important thing is good lighting. You can take good pics with a bad camera and you can take bad pics with a good camera. It's all about the lighting.
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United States
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Note from John's comment that we have a dedicated Photography Forum where you're welcome to start your own "teach me to shoot" thread. We'll be happy to help with your specific equipment. And it's cool to get a chance to publicize the place out here once in a while.  With that said, not many phone cameras are very good with coins. iPhones are excellent. We've seen good stuff from the Galaxy S4. Not much else. Can't make any promises yet. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks, I can't wait to take some pics.
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United States
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Do just that. Take some pics, post them in a thread and we'll go from there. Get the phone camera as square to the coin as you can, on a flat surface so you don't have to hold it, and as close as you can get while the camera will still focus.
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Pillar of the Community
New Zealand
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The most important thing is good lighting. You can take good pics with a bad camera and you can take bad pics with a good camera. It's all about the lighting. So very true-----Do Not use flash ------ use a cold daylight bulb not a warm daylight bulb( not hot cold as in heat) they are marked on the packet. Use a tripod or some thing to hold the phone or camera still (not you). Use the closeup features or zoom. Most important TAKE YOUR TIME and make sure that you are shooting at 90% to the coin for the full impact. I started with a point and shoot canon pix camera but now I use a Canon SLR with a Tamron 90mm Macro lens as I want big pictures(PS I am still not happy and want even bigger pics) to see all the details. I hope that this helps.   PS this coin is 7mm and weights .23grams cheers Don Cheers Don
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
Edited by 52Raymo
01/11/2015 2:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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By the way, there is a smart phone attachment that turns the phone lens into a macro lens. I saw it at the FUN Show last Friday. I don't remember the name of it but it was at the Lighthouse booth. I would imagine any of the supply houses have them now. It worked on my Samsung but I didn't like the overall quality because of lighting.
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New Member
United States
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yes flash won't work at all.
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Posted 01/11/2015 08:40 am
