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Rest in Peace
United States
1501 Posts |
Made good use of a broken slik tripod leg, a couple of ball mounts, one on front and one rear for different uses, and two spot lamps from the home improvement store.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
haha looks like a setup for an operation table!
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Moderator
 United States
15396 Posts |
I very much appreciate you sharing that ...... I'm working hard on improving my coin photography.
It's great help to see another person set-up .......
What I need is better light!
Thanks again for sharing!
David
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
I can't seem to be able to do anything with artificial light. I do all my coin photography out on my back deck on overcast days. That is the best lighting conditions that work for me.
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New Member
Spain
40 Posts |
Hello Coinaholic,
Your photo is bad illuminated, white balance is unbalanced and your flash is shinnig-in.
Really, you are a bad Copy-stand-photographer.
Well don't worry, the importand is to be a good coin-photographer, and with this copy stand, you'll have a succsefull photos.
Regards Joan
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
1501 Posts |
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Valued Member
423 Posts |
Great little set-up you have there!
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Valued Member
United States
211 Posts |
Very impressive. How did you hang the camera mount to the broken tripod leg? Is this something you can get from a camera store?
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Rest in Peace
United States
1501 Posts |
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Stunet asked;
How did you hang the camera mount to the broken tripod leg?   The model of the tripod (Slik u-212) actually had 1/4 inch mountings on one of the legs and you could add small bolts to turn the others into mounts. It is too bad, it was a really excellent tripod, the weakness of the plastic parts was its downfall. Edited by COINAHOLIC
06/05/2010 4:25 pm
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Valued Member
United States
211 Posts |
Very nice. Eventually I will get down to a professional camera store and see what sort of fitting are available. Maybe I can find some sort of boom to hang from my tripod.
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New Member
United States
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If it works, that is what counts. My setup cost $5 at a yard sale. So it works for me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
575 Posts |
Im working on my setup.What camera are you using?Regular light bulbs?
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06/11/2010 05:00 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
1501 Posts |
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valdiman asked
I'm working on my setup. What camera are you using? Regular light bulbs? For the lighting I am using a combo of fluorescent room lighting and direct incandescent with the small spots at different angles. As to the camera... it is an HP307 with 3.2 mega-pixels. I purchased this to use as my primary camera only to find it a battery eater, even with rechargeable batteries.It would only take two maybe three pictures before saying charge batteries, with flash you might get in two! So I put away the thing and its charging dock and photo printer until this project came about. It does a fairly good job, and with it hooked to ac power, no more battery issues! |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
575 Posts |
Thanks for info.Ive bougth pair of daylight bulbs.My kodak z747 is not impresive.Pics looks flat.Maybe I should try manual settings instead of macro mode?
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06/14/2010 5:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My Kodak z747 is not impressive I have had absolutely zero luck using my Kodak Z series, switched to a 3 year older point and shoot Canon and it out performed the Kodak by a mile! |
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Posted 05/06/2010 8:57 pm
Maybe I should make a copy stand to photograph the copy stand?!?!?
