iPhone 7 Photos

Use museum wax to set the coin...

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

What is "museum wax"? Is that like RenWax? Could hot lights cause that to leave a film on the coin?

 

Museum wax is a clear-ish hard putty that you can shape, and use to set museum valuables in place or attach items to. Pretty cool stuff. My ex-wife used to work in a museum, and I learned about that cool stuff years ago. Google "museum wax" and you can find it for sale.

Never had a problem with it, museums will have objects set into place and under lots of lighting. The curators swore by it, and used it with many valuable and ancient objects...

 

Have you seen the price of that stuff?

 

I got the small container, and I don't remember if it were expensive. However, I only need a small amount with the assurance that it is ok to use for a coin mounting

 

I also bought wooden circles that come in a variety of sizes which can be glued to the ends of the dowel. Right now I have one at the base to keep it steady (see pic), and I haven't had trouble balancing the coins on the top of the relatively thick dowel (I use two sizes but could go smaller). I have the materials to make dozens and dozens of dowels of every length and width, all for about $15.

 

Turns out I have an iPhone 6s, not a 7.

 

if its the greatest show on earth, then no nets><

 

My photos are terrible generally.. after reading a few threads I decided to try the iPhone (again).
I purchased an App called "iPhone Camera Plus".. it was .99 cents..
https://www.globaldelight.com/iphone/cameraplus/

It has a few features that I like... including Macro mode.. and "big button".. where the whole screen is the shutter button. touch anywhere and it will count down 6 seconds (or more depending on how you set it up) and then take the photo (to reduce camera shake). Very easy to use.. I like it! There are many other features I have not tried yet.

Can @Nicholas Molinari or @dougsmit please point me to the thread describing how to set up the "flower pot" system? I would love to reduce the background editing time to absolute zero. I see the setup earlier in this thread but don't fully understand how it works...

I only have an iPhone 6s as I only get phones once my daughters are done with them... (and for some reason they're always rose gold in color... Oh well.)

My 16 yr old has the iPhone 8+ which apparently takes beautiful photos.. but she is like Charlton Heston .."from my cold dead hands"... before I get a hold of it for more than 30 seconds!.



Anyway - here are a couple of quick pics. Has some potential.
Any help is appreciated!

 

Your focus is great and that is the hardest part. For the flower pots I used those plastic ones and cut large holes in the bottoms, then taped them together. That was it. I didn’t even have to buy pots, I just found them in the garage and still have the same set-up.

 

Hmmm... I guess I thought I was missing something - but it really is that simple.
Thanks for the reply.. I will give this a try.

 

Thanks for the heads-up on this app. Real possibilities with this one. Which version do you use for coin stuff? Do you need anything more than Lite?

 

Laughing @paddyman. Only YOU would notice that thing bro!
LOL

 

Apparently I have the full version. Not sure how much it costs but it is worth it. So incredibly easy to use. Just click freestyle and change the ratio to 2:1. Transferring the photos from your iPhone gallery is the click of a button. You can do various other things but that is all I use. Highly recommended.

 

I’ve also found that natural light from the window on a cloudy day beats artificial light for most coins. I still hold the camera in my hand because I find I get the best focus this way, but eventually I’ll get a more functional iPhone tripod.

 

Another great app for coin photography is Eraser. If you need to clip out coins from a distracting background and need a transparent or black or white one... this app is really easy to use for iPhone.

 

Apple products have pretty decent cameras. Nice photos!

 

When I started scanning contents on this site, your title caught my eye- I have yet to master taking good pictures with my iPhone (I’ve gotten much better but uncertain how my pictures compare with others= not confident enough to post)

I have purchased a snake with a camera, thought this would be cool to look down my drain or the space between upstairs & downstairs- the support beams are not exposed. Idk...thought was a good idea 6 years ago...it’s waiting in a drawer... Microscope camera= has been patiently waiting on a side table for almost a year. I get so frustrated when trying to understand and follow instructions that assume I know something about what I’m trying to do...

I saw part of your picture and thought it was kinda cool that you took a picture of the moon, I like to see the moon phases on a clear night or peeking around clouds...

Opened the link and saw the Man on the Moon!! LOL!

Saw your set-up and found this very impressive! I wouldn’t have thought about this - it definitely shows off the coin quality. Different dowels sizes for different coins. By using the dowel and blackening inside the pot & dowel, the focus is strictly on the coin! No light reflecting off of any other surface. WOW! Very, very awesome!!
Nicholas is so cute and very awesome too...