Still playing around with camera

Dusty

 

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Dusty

 

Not bad. You might want to try to move the light away from the coin so it does not reflect off it - but what do I know. I think your pictures are as good as anything I can do.

 

I just use a 35 w halogen bulb my phone a loupe. I want to figure out how to photo BU coins and proofs.


Dusty

 

What type of setup do you have? I am also just starting out on taking good pictures. One thing I do is put half a ping-pong ball over my light source to diffuse it. It helps when I'm taking pictures of highly-reflective coins, like proof coins for instance, although it helps to diffuse the light in almost any other scenario as well. You also want to get your lighting angle correct. Angle it too low and there will be glare on the high points of the coin...angle it too high, and the photo becomes somewhat washed out.Here's a proof shot I did using the ping-pong ball method.

 

Dusty

 

That looks really good! I would like to be able to capture the cameo of a coin. We have a Nikon d5100 but I just use my iphone 4 and a cheap loupe I have. I haven't got into diffusing the light an stuff yet guess I'm going to have to.


Dusty

 

Diffusing light is pretty simple. You don't even need a ping pong ball. A tissue or piece of paper will do. Remember that the farther away you place the diffusing object away from the light source, the more diffusing you will get. So you want to find the perfect distance where you get good enough light to reflect what you want, but not enough to cause unwanted glare.

 

Here's my setup:

 

That's awesome! Yes I am nothing like that. Like I said my phone is my camera and a 20x loupe is what I got. I am wanting more though. Want to be able to photo BU cents and proofs


Dusty

 

This is my setup


Dusty

 

I think a usb microscope that is self lit would be best. I bought one but it was junk and I sent it back.

 

I got a zorb. Wish I would've spent a little more and got a dino. The zorb does good up close but cannot capture full coin shots good


Dusty

 

Well here is my first attempt at higher grade coins and a proof.



Dusty

 

Here is my setup

 

Those are good shots, however, you want to cut down on the "highlight" areas. I'm talking about the areas of Lincoln's forehead and hair. Try a higher angle of your lighting to get these highlight areas down.

 

I will try when I get a chance. Still haven't done no diffusing yet either.


Dusty