Help On Coin Pictures?

I get good pictures with a low grade / el Cheapo Droid phone.

Some key tips.

Get good light. Good luck there. Watch shadows and reflections. I like natural light honestly.

Most importantly get a stable base to take pics from.

I set my phone on a cardboard tube that is basically shaped like a soup can.

The soup can is placed down by the coin.

The phone is placed on the soup can.

The phone is zoomed out as far as possible.

The height of the soup can is adjusted. I have multiple custom cut cardboard tubes. If using a soup can either stack under the can to add height or stack under the coin to lower height.

Adjust your light again for shadows and reflections.

Now you have a stable camera.

If you have a shutter delay option to take out the vibration from touching your phone use it. You want the phone stable and the light good.

Take a picture.

Crop it (if you don't have software check out GIMP and or Irfanview; GIMP is more like Photoshop and Irfanview is more like MS Paint, both are free).

Share it by hosting the pics on this site so they last with time.

If you upload it to a personal server, it will eventually die with your server. Upload it here for free and your coin images can live forever for everyone else to see.

Also, question. How do you get even light? Whenever I attempt to take a picture, it's a shawdowy mess. If I shine a flashlight to light up the shadow, my iPad freaks out and starts having a seizure.

Roy there is 2 ways that may help. to light the coin evenly. first one would be a ring light. second way would be a light from underneath your coin. but you will need a piece of Plexiglas. to lay your coin on over top. with a light position underneath the Plexiglas. here is a video that might help Roy



Watch this video it will explain how you could light for your Ipad. hope this works for you.

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