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Corey New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 08/28/2009 11:15 pm Moved to Coin Photo section GO Report this Post to the Staff

KenKat Pillar of the Community United States 4085 Posts	Posted 08/29/2009 09:55 am There's a lot of different technique. I'm not great at it, but rather than give you a step by step, I will list some things I've learned. 1. Indirect natural light works best for me 2. Use a tripod and the timer function on the camera 3. Use the macro function - make sure you are far enough away - I got a lot of blurry pictures until I learned there was a limit to how close I could get. Now I set the camera about 2 ft. away from the coin on the tripod, zoom all the way and then do further close-ups and cropping with photo editing software. 4. Use a colored background - dark for silver and lighter for copper I think you're picture's not bad - probably too much direct light is creating some glare but the detail is good. Good luck! My 7070 US Type Set My 7100 Lincoln Cent Set (now with updates!) Edited by KenKat 08/29/2009 09:56 am Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/29/2009 5:57 pm Welcome, Corey. Let's start with, "What camera are you using?" We'll go from there. Report this Post to the Staff
2old Valued Member United States 79 Posts	Posted 09/11/2009 1:05 pm How do you take coin pictures? Answer. Poorly. Report this Post to the Staff
hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 09/14/2009 6:49 pm Super Dave will give great advice...if you're interested, here are some links: http://www.tabletopstudio.com/docum...tography.htm http://www.sigma-2.com/camerajim/cjgcoins.htm http://browncopper.com/photography.html http://www.coinresource.com/article...tography.htm http://www.uscents.com/articles/DCP/DCP008.htm There's no simple answer to "How do I take pictures of my coins?" because the type of camera, lighting, type of coin (gold, silver, copper) and condition (proof, unc, circulated) can all make a big difference in how you go about setting up your shot. But! Don't let that discourage you. Most coins are easy enough to shoot...it just takes a bit of practice to find out what works best with your camera, your lighting set-up, and the types of coins you usually shoot. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/14/2009 7:04 pm hunter20ga, Those are some good links, do you know of any links like those for a usb digital microscopes? because that's what I have. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1058 Posts	Posted 10/12/2009 9:16 pm I second that emotion, John1. Just got a Celestron USB digital microscope/camera a few weeks ago....Model 44302...and tried it out on one coin so far (well, a token, actually), and here's what I got: The amazing thing is how easy it is to just point an shoot with this thing, using the mouse to capture the photo once you've got it where you want it. By the way, I used almost 150x to get the close-up of the ship. The two most frustrating annoyances to me are (a) having to view everything upside down on my monitor, and (b) the focal length. In order to get that whole-coin shot I had to rig the camera (set at only 10x) about two feet above the coin. So I think I'll be using micro only for the finest of detail work. Will stick to my super-macro Olympus 4MP for regular whole-coin photos. Best! Tom "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff
bejon Valued Member United States 108 Posts	Posted 10/13/2009 01:59 am I only have a camcorder camera that I use...yes I know I need a proper camera, but it does a good job. 1. Just make sure the flash isn't direct otherwise it leaves a bright spot on the coin. (Take picture at an Angle, or without Flash) 2. Black Surface-background makes the silver/gold look nicer 3. Steady hand My camera is broken, but once I get a new one, I would probably use a small camera stand for the best pics and a low speed so it gets all the details. WORST PART- in order to post pics in the forum you have to reduce the size of the pics. So you lose some quality in that tranfer. TINYPIC.com does a good job of hosting the pics Here are 2 examples from my CAMCORDER Camera! - - - Report this Post to the Staff
Kevin Vaillancourt Valued Member United States 68 Posts	Posted 10/14/2009 09:09 am bejon those are good pictures taken with a camcorder Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 10/16/2009 02:06 am That Libertad with the ten past Mexican seals sorrounding the current seal is really great. thanks for the pic My camera only takes pics of small sized coins, like dimes or 16mm and below. It's an iPhone3G, bigger coins like a Morgan dollar gets blurred, any suggestions is welcome, I want to avoid buying a new camera, and buy a nice coin instead Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 10/16/2009 02:14 am Oh..in answer to the topic, I use an iPhone3G and a Nokia, both cellphones, Then use a 6x magnifying lens over the cellphone lens, this takes clear pics of 16mm and below coins, for the big coins, am still experimenting with different magnification lenses. Then the microsoft Picture manager programme to resize and edit the pic That's a nice pic Corey, my first coin pic was a disaster, but got through it with the great assist from this forum Report this Post to the Staff
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