New Camera, Canon Rebel T5

hello crossedeyed. wow beautiful pictures . tell me please what kind of lenses are you using on you camera . I just bought a new canon rebel. I am just starting to understand it . I have to learn how to set it hopeing my son comes home soon to help me set it again beautiful pictures

Hey,rocky,howsit going?Thanks for the compliments!
Sounds like You bought a pretty nice camera.

I just used the 35-55 lens that came with it.
As I understand it,its focal length is .8',so I bought a small tripod that extends too 11.5".
The tripod can't quite hold the weight of the camera,so I used a book in an effort to off set it.
The lighting is a couple of lamps (screw in type)from an office supply and the bulbs from the hardware store.
I found out that if you zoom in too much the picture is way to big for resizing on the forum.About 3/4's of the way is about right.Especially on the bigger coins like the ASE.For smaller coins it isn't so bad.

I used the creative program,on the camera,so that I could use the timer,instead of Me squeezing the button.And it pretty much does the rest.

Taken from rocky's thread so I don't high jack it.


That is why I bought it over a point and shoot camera. There is so much more you can do with it.



Way back when I was in college, I took a creative photography class for a semester.I picked it up well enough, that the professor had Me as an assistant for the next year and a half.Teaching photographic and darkroom techniques to the other students. So I am somewhat familiar with the terms you use. I am not familiar however with the digital side of it.

I downloaded the zoom browser,and all of the related software,but My computer is too slow.So I went back to doing it manually and I'll have to wait until I can afford a newer computer in order use it with the program.

I went to the camera store today and found a copy stand for $20.00.I had to also buy a camera mount to make it work right and it was $29.95.

I got it home and have been playing around with it this afternoon.Here are the results...





The reverse looks a little too golden/brown,so I'll have to work on that.But otherwise how is it coming along?

Thank you rocky,not only for the kind words,but also for the encouragement that they bring. I must have taken a few hundred shots today.Some with the Zoom Browser,but,most without it.

I think I am improving little by little,though I still have a long way to go.It just takes some experimenting,or,someone with experience telling you what you need to do,like the great people here at CCF.I have been doing a lot of reading in the photo-forum and I have learned so much already.
I am going to have to find another diffuser though,that,or a different K rated light source.And figure out how to improve the focusing.
With,or,without the computer,I can't seem to get it to focus that last little bit.If I could only turn the ring just ever so slightly more to the right,I would have it.So when you zoom in,with the computer,it is still in focus.
Even with tri-focals I can see it just isn't quite right.My old Pentax had a split screen focus that made it really easy to tell exactly when it was right.But those were the days.
So,I talked to the guy at Cannon and,He told Me I would need either a 50mm lens,or an extension tube,to get the "clear" shots in this case.He also said both would run about the same as far the cost are concern.
I am open to suggestions if there is a better way.i.e.lens,ect...

I wish My computer was faster/newer/could handle the software,so I could use the program.It seems,from what little I have used it,even though it is slow,it does seem real user friendly.Until I can buy another computer I'll probably work on lighting and getting a better shot.That way when I do finally break down and buy another one,it will be easy sailing...er,shooting.

Bull.

If you can't quite get focus, move the camera an inch farther away. You'll get focus.

I'm running the software every day on a computer built in 2007. The whole point of this is to allow you to focus the shot on your monitor, so we have to figure this out.




Rocky, you gotta stop buying things and start using what you've bought. Don't you already have a Canon 100mm? That's the best lens on the market for this. Why would you want more lenses? You can't do better.

What lens would You recommend for this type of set up?I don't do E-bay.



I called the Cannon guy again about how the focus ring was a little loose and he said that it is supposed to be that way.So I asked him how far away the lens had to be.The manual talked like it,the coin,was supposed to be .8'away from the sensor or camera body,not the lens.He said it was the other way around.
I moved the camera up to about 4"-5",and it works much better,with full adjustment now.
He also told Me about pressing the magnifying button while in live view mode.Which helps a lot.(see pic's below)


It probably isn't the computer,but the operator. I think it is competing with the Micro-soft's scanner and picture program.
I'll get one of the kids to help Me remove the MS programing and see what that does.Hopefully one of 'em knows how.

Cross-eyed, I'm on my phone and won't get to my computer until this afternoon. I want to see these latest on the big monitor; they're too good for me to evaluate them fairly on the phone.

I will say, though, my initial impression was "holy cow, what a beautiful coin." That is the goal. Make the coin strike the viewer, not the picture. I'm sure your images have technical faults and I'm going to tell you about them () but the coin grabbed me first, not the image.