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TheCoinQueen New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 10:04 am What do you use to take the pictures so close up? Because I have a really nice phone with 100x zoom and I can't get pics that close or clear. Help! I need to know ! Tia! Report this Post to the Staff

NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17931 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 10:12 am Speaking personally, I use a digital camera - an elderly Panasonic 'Lumix' which has a pretty good close-up setting. With silver and cupro-nickel coins, I sometimes use a flatbed scanner - it's not much good with dark-toned copper and bronze though. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7510 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 10:33 am http://goccf.com/t/343505 http://goccf.com/t/106304 http://goccf.com/t/347321 to CCF Report this Post to the Staff
TheCoinQueen New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 11:42 am WOW !! really great info!! Thanks again guys ! As usual! There's an app for that! Lol Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 12:10 pm Welcome to the Forum. You've come to a phenomenal place to share and learn. Enjoy! Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
TobyJ Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1273 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 12:38 pm Canon EOS 77D on tripod with El Nikkor 75mm magnifying lens attached with a manual focusing helicoid. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188342 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 2:59 pm Great looking photos! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Nickels_rule Valued Member United States 487 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 3:11 pm indeed...nice job Report this Post to the Staff
Eyez Pillar of the Community United States 584 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 6:24 pm and dont forget the most important thing a hecka lots of practice lol. Report this Post to the Staff
Gluggo Valued Member United States 81 Posts	Posted 02/15/2021 9:48 pm I know nothing about how to shoot but I was smart enough to buy a camera stand through Ray and he helped me do an average job taking decent photos. I bought a few books and have a few videos. You tube have some good videos out there. Here is his web site. Best money I spent. I had a good digital camera the rest is history. http://www.macrocoins.com/example-systems-1.html Report this Post to the Staff
Gluggo Valued Member United States 81 Posts	Posted 02/22/2021 7:32 pm I recently picked up a 100 mm Macro Lens for my Camera set up. Want to post some pictures. Here is my camera and new lens. Here is some photos taken with this macro lens I think I used it under Manual mode but might of been AV. I want to say ISO 100 with a F-Stop of 5.6. The Macro lens is a 2.8 F Stop by factory. These are a Daniel Carr creation made this year. And I used Ray's camera stand to dial it all in with a teather system right to the laptop. Last the system under the teather where I can look right into the screen to see how sharp the focus is. Take a snap then try and blow it up to see if it is really focused. Thank you Ray I could not do it with out you! Edited by Gluggo 02/22/2021 7:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
purelywasted Pillar of the Community Canada 1505 Posts	Posted 02/25/2021 03:16 am @Gluggo and TobyJ - you seemed to cover one of my issues on bright/reflective coins. Nice photo's! I have been playing around with axial light setup. - Nikon D5200 w/40mm micro lens (macro) - Old monitor arm adjusted for to fit camera mount - LED light (3200-5200) adjustable dimmer (1% to 60% depending on coin) - Picture frame with plexiglass @45' ( Think I should switch to real glass) - Various mounting hardware and black cloth - soft box to avoid direct light on coin - exposure time 0 to 15 sec (depending on coin), ISO 100, manual focus I was pretty happy with darker/toned coins This coin has almost an obsidian black tone to it, so color is correct, though I could not get a nice shot of the dime which is a similar color to just inside the rim of the coin. But the bright red/silver/cameo and reflective surfaces provided issues. Any thoughts on these would be appreciated or should I be using a different setup for these types of coins? This one should have a nice light/sky blue look to it, instead of this beige'ish red. I tried going to 5200k light and still had a similar result Edited by purelywasted 02/25/2021 04:45 am Report this Post to the Staff
Gluggo Valued Member United States 81 Posts	Posted 03/02/2021 09:02 am Purelywasted those are some nice pictures. I can see I need to work on my white balance a bit made a change when I have time I will post up. Report this Post to the Staff
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