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shadowtrooper78 Pillar of the Community United States 1370 Posts	Posted 08/28/2015 1:14 pm Finally have a decent set up for coin photography. And these two are the first ones off the assembly line. I am open for suggestions on how to improve the quality. Using two Jansjos for lighting, Nikon D90, Minolta Bellows thanks to austrokiwi, and a Rodagon 80/4 lense. Report this Post to the Staff

rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 08/28/2015 1:33 pm Looks like the coin is not flat vs the sensor. It is a bit blurry at the top on each pic. You can either stop-down the lens a bit (what was aperture setting?) and/or make sure the coin is flat using the mirror method. Judging from the sharpness at the bottom of the reverse (ONE DOLLAR area) your setup has good potential. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
shadowtrooper78 Pillar of the Community United States 1370 Posts	Posted 08/28/2015 1:44 pm I like hearing the good potential statement. I noticed the blur as well...my eye is better than I thought. Don't recall the aperture setting am at work now, will need to look at that when I get home. It may have been something as simple as my lense not being completely parallel....I could see me making that mistake Report this Post to the Staff
Ham1947 Pillar of the Community United States 1298 Posts	Posted 08/29/2015 09:04 am I like the look of the 2 images. They appear to capture the coin as it looks in hand. This is what I would be striving for (except for the blurry tops). Report this Post to the Staff
DeodatusAlp2002 Valued Member 260 Posts	Posted 08/29/2015 09:40 am Good job taking those pictures! Again aside from the blurry tops especially on the reverse. But, I can't criticize these since my photo taking ability isn't close to this good! I use a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ4. It's almost always too bright! Report this Post to the Staff
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