DoK U Mint

Introducing
the one of Many

DoK~U~Mint

Almost Free Lunch, Tripod like, Self Color Correcting Shake Eliminating Rig.

One of my favorite heroes was MIT Prof Harold E. "Doc" Edgerton.

He invented the strobe light and traveled around with a rifle, apple and strobe light to show what happens when you photograph a bullet passing through an apple when using high speed capture techniques. If you are not blind you have seen his work. Strobe lights have constant color temperature and high speed output.

Here is how to use them:

Even $20 digital cameras can be found with strobe lights these days.

This Dinty Moore Big Bowls meal container with a hole drilled through the bottom became my light tent/tripod.

I recommend “Chicken & Dumplings” variety. (No tomato stain to wash out
and in spite of it being a tad high in sodium content pretty tasty)

Place your economy strobe equipped macro capable camera over the hole and let the bottom support your camera. Let the camera use the bowl as a light diffuser and camera support.

I notice a slight blue shift using this material but your camera may be different.

Set to full auto macro mode and auto focus and be sure the flash is enabled.

Place the coin underneath the rig line it up and fire away.
Not quite professional results but capable of rendering Down & Dirty images in a repeatable fashion.

Here is my 1st attempt at capturing a clan error on a quarter.

What do you think......for the investment?

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