I bought a new Sony a6000 last weekend. I got my macro tubes in the mail yesterday. I have a copy stand on the way. This weekend I'm going shopping to buy a proper table, so I can get my lighting the way I want it. I'm excited about the possibilities with this camera. I see so much potential. Here's a few of my latest photos.
Amazing coins. The seated liberty is my favorite to look at! I just use my phone, I always wanted something legit like that. Here's some photos of mine to share since you shared your collection! Taken from a S10e. Just a tiny portion of coins!
I was messing around with the light tonight. Going to do more tomorrow when I get my new table. I'm going to check out the lights to see if there's anything interesting. . Setting I was using. ISO 1000. F 8. 1/160. A few pics with better lighting. I'm going to some research to find the ideal lighting setup. I'm improving, but I'm not where I want to be.
Lookin' good. The lighting could be improved slightly, and the photos rotated to the proper upright orientation, but they're nice pictures and nice coins. Neat graffiti/love token Draped Bustie, there. The Seated and Trade dollars are great, too. Edit: just saw your second pix of the graffiti coin. Much better! Still a teensy bit dark, maybe, but not bad at all. Certainly as good as anything I could do.
What's weird about the orientation. In Photoshop, it was correct. In the folder, the orientation was wrong. That's what uploaded here. So, I had to go to Paintshop and correct everything. Everything seems ok now.
Most folks who photograph coins seem to recommend an ISO setting of about 100. I have a book by Mark Goodman, "Numismatic Photography" which is excellent and if I may quote from page 25: "...setting the ISO to the lowest number will help reduce noise in your images. While this produces a better image, it also necessitates a longer exposure. Conversely, a higher ISO setting will allow faster exposures, but yields a noisier picture..."
I did start with the ISO at 100. With my current lighting situation, it's way too dark. I did order an LED light panel last night so I'll have more options when that arrives. Thanks for the input, I'm all ears when it comes to coin photography.
I bought a cheap light panel today to try to improve the lighting. Seems to help some. Placement really is important. Here's a few new pictures.