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Best I Can Do With My Setup? Help! (Coin Photography)

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 Posted 05/24/2016  7:19 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add ChildOfTheWheat to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Grr... So, I'm trying to take pics of my DDO/R proof ike but I'm having some trouble. I've always had an issue with taking good quality close up pics, and I've never been able to do it. Now, I can take decent full coin pictures using my current method (putting my iPhone 6S on top of 2-3 books), but I cannot take close up pictures. When I try to take close ups, I hold my loupe up to my phone camera and try to take a photo. This doesn't always work out for the best, as usually lighting is off, its too blurry, etc...

Any suggestions on what I could do?
Here's a list of all my photography stuff:
-Sony Cyber-shot (16.1 mega pixels, 5X optical zoom)
-iPhone 6S (12 mega pixels, 3X digital zoom [not sure if the zoom is 100% accurate]).
-Generic coin grading/photography lamp (the one that has a bendy neck for reading and stuff)

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 Posted 05/25/2016  12:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add austrokiwi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Both cameras are challenging. I would suggest you ditch the I phone for coin photos. The sensor is very small and overloaded with pixels. This results in noise, making your coins look grainy. The Cyber-shot is marginally better. I don't know your model, it should have a macro setting( stylized flower symbol) Mount the camera on a tripod and use the optical zoom. The digital zoom will just amplify noise( the Cyber-shot will also produce a significant amount).
Read the cyber-shots instructions on how to set white balance.. ie learn to tell your camera how to see. Cameras need to be told what signals are white otherwise they guess and those guesses can be very wrong for coins.

Note: a tripod is not a great solution so don't rush out and get an expensive one. Tripod legs get in the way, they transmit and amplify vibration. To improve how a tripod performs: Get a more normally sized one( not a desk top). when you set it up get a large water bottle (full) and suspend it from under the tripod head( its not easy because you need to make sure it does not get in the way of taking pictures). The heavy bottle will act as a vibration damper. For such a point and shoot let it do the focusing so use Auto focus( from memory you may not even have the ability to manual focus.
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 Posted 05/25/2016  09:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mcshilling to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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