I know that the coin have to be near to the camera, and with very good light. There is also a focus.... And I heard about kodak easyshare M530... What do you think about this camera? Thank you in advanced.
I assume your budget is $100 and under. That said, the features of that Kodak are not the best price/performance ratio. I recommend anything by Canon because they are leaders in the photography industry. At $100 is suggest the Canon PowerShot A480 As a runner up to the Canon is the Nikon Coolpix L22 Good luck! GM
Hmm, Make sure your macro setting is on and you have decent lighting. I used Nikon once back in the 90's until it got dropped, then it was back to Canon for me
I got this camera and it's making my toned coins look like they originally did...without the toning... they look to my eyes from a scale of light green to blue to purple to red to pink to orange in places... is there something I can do to the camera to change this? still gotta take pics of some woodies I got so we'll see how those turn out
Expermintation and practice. If your camera has a white balance correction, try playing with that. It also depends on the color temperature of the bulbs in the lamp you are using. Some bulbs produce a strong yellow tint while others like fluorescent bulbs turn pictures green. Some members just use natural light (daylight) and not artificial lights. Tilting the coin slightly brings out different colors but be careful because you may put a portion of the coin out of focus. It just takes time and shooting a lot of pics. Check the search function here for coin photography. There's been a few excellent threads on this topic. Good luck!
I just have a basic Kodak EasyShare M340. It took some time to figure out which settings work best, but after a while I could get some good shots with it. The main thing that I noticed with close ups for things such as coins/documents, is that lighting is key. Many times I would have to take at least 10 pics with various lighting angles to get a good pic. The lights themselves will play a factor too. Soft white, natural light, full color spectrum etc....all will affect the pic. Getting pics of toned coins is going to be a challenge regardless of what camera You have.....just be patient and You will eventually get that good pic. : )
I use a Samsung S630, from WalMart. Make sure to use the macro feature and a tripod. I also use a time delay, to avoid having my hand shake the camera. Reveal light bulbs, from GE, seem to work rather well in lighting. You may have to use paper filters between the subject and lighting. Changing angles will help you illustrate toning on a coin.
I assume that your colorful look is at somewhat of an angle. You need to set up you lighting at that angle and then see the colors in your camera (preferably display). If you don't see the colors, the camera will not see them either. Lighting is probably the biggest key, not the camera.
but I do see the colors myself and then the picture comes out like it's a normal non toned coin I got some pics of some woodie cents that worked just fine but toning just isn't showing though... is there some sort of auto correct for color on my camera?
You are seeing it on the camera display, but it does not show up on the picture? I will bet you are seeing it with you eye and then take the picture at another angle. Only take it if you see it on the camera display.
I use my son's Canon Powershot S3 IS and it is very good in the macro and supermacro settings. BUT lighting is everything. A setup using the proper lighting makes it so much more enjoyable and easier. I wish I had room for what is needed.
I use a Nikon Coolpix for all my recent ones. My avatar was actually taken with a video camera. I put the coin on a black background and use macro with whatever lighting works. No flash (obviously). Works pretty well. Can't get any real closeups but if you use the biggest picture setting (highest pixel setting) you can blow it up really big. I blew a picture of my '68-S up to looking at individual columns on the memorial and it was still not blurry.
