Todays lighting experiment

for photographing coins.
It's snowing like crazy here just outside Philly.
What's an old retired guy to do. Well I saw this button light in my cabinet and this holder for my Dino-Lite. Hmmmm let's see what happens.
First the set up then the the photo (I only cropped it, nothing else)

 

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Nice!

 

What camera are you using and what are the settings?

 

Cool!

 

White inserts such as in NGC slabs are a REAL pain when taking pictures.
Light reflected from the insert can easily overpower the light coming from the coin.
Then the coin looks washed out.

I take a square of dark gray/black non-reflective paper, cut a hole a bit larger than the coin in the slab and use the paper to mask out the reflection from the insert.
It makes picture taking easier.

 

@kanga My slab is also wrapped in what I call, a slab condom

 

@Gilbert I use a Canon SX20is, the "P" setting + macro. I like this camera because it uses "AA" battery's and thaks good photos and videos.

 

I'll try that Thanks