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Valued Member
United States
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Sure more to coin photography than I thought. Lighting, lighting, lighting is my toughest problem so far. Looks like I got a ways to go to get clearer pictures.  Anyway, I'm starting.  1995 MS66 PCGS DDO LIBERTY  IN GOD WE TRUST  Still trying to get a digital picture of the slab without getting a ghost image of the camera reflecting off the slab. May have to move away from the target further rather than in macro mode. But,.........I will get better.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Jerryb try diffusing the light when taking pictures of coins in a slab . you will be surprised how much it cuts the reflection . my set up is simple and the light sources allow for me to tape a sheet of copy paper in front ,I use helical 10W natural light fluorescents 2 and a reveal 3 way if needed for more light . results hand held at about five inches diffused light (just the 2 - 10 watters )PCI slab . Im sure that the pics would have been more detailed had I taken the time to set up the camera on the copy stand or tripod .   |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks Metalman..........I'll try that and see what happens.
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Valued Member
United States
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New Member
United States
22 Posts |
WOW, I will have to use this Idea. I take awesome pics of Circulated Copper, and decent pics of everything else. Ive been meaning to try more complex methods of diffusing the light, but this way cant be any easier. I think I will try this right now. Thank You
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Jerry, you need to get your image size up. That last pic is only 200 x 270 pixels.
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Valued Member
United States
61 Posts |
BadThad...... I kept it small because, if I'm not mistaken, a 100K limit to pic size? I know how to make it bigger when I save it but just kept it smaller because of the above 100K limit? Maybe I'm wrong on the limits? Please advise. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I think you are right on the limit size. I tend to increase the size but drop the quality slightly for the forum.
Nice pics by the way. You might want to try a polarising filter to get rid of reflections, although you will need a bit more light.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
Jerryb
with 12 more posts you can request your own gallery here on the forum and be able to upload pictures the size of mine to there and link them to your posts on the forum !
Its a perk for being an active member , and is supplied by the forum owners as a way of saying thanks for participating !
want a preview of what you can do with it ?
click the link in my sigline that says My CC photo gallery !
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks Metalman....... ahhhaaaaa.....getting close to the 50 posts. Wondered how peeps could get larger pics on their posts. Thank you.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Jerry, looks good. I spent a couple hours last night experimenting with lighting, white balance, and camera location. Got some decent pictures and detail, but still have some work to go to get it where I want it.
The thread by SuperDave ("Project A720: Shooting coin pics with an inexpensive digicam") has some great stuff in it. Might have to post in that thread to bump it back to the top.
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Posted 11/09/2008 07:14 am
