I did some experimenting with photos last night. I have a Canon 10D that takes incredible shots. If I use a tripod and the self timer, I can use natural lighting to get pretty good pics of the coins. Because of the high resolution of the pictures, I can then use photoshop to crop out the background and enlarge the coin itself. I still have to play around with getting the bit size of the final photo down below 1 meg. My shots are still a bit blurry, but that's because I need to stabilize the camera better, even though it is on a tripod, and be more careful with the focusing. Steve
Steve.. If I am not mistaken the 10D is an auto focus camera w/exchangeable lenses. Make sure that when your camera is positioned on the tripod that you are at the least the minimum focal distance (of the lens) away from the coin. Check the information on the lens to determine the min focal distance. The resolution of that camera has nothing to do with focus it only allows for enlarged photographs without much noise... Good luck.
I know it has nothing to do with focus. I set the camera for manual focus when doing extreme closeups. Resolution has everything to do with extracting a portion of the picture and blowing it up to a large size without causing pixelation. Thanks for the tips. Steve
Gosh fellas, I like to see a good coin photo as well as the next guy, but isn't this thread really ment to be in the 'Coin Chat' forum? Just asking.
I disagree on that about half way... If you scan a Proof CAMEO coin it shows up the CAMEO great BUT for most other coins it seems to wash out the luster and leave the coin looking dull.... Speedy
Well I don't think you did ;--) CAMEO is only on Proof coins...and not on 1976-P cents ;--) See this photo...the CAMEO is where you can see the white and the Black looking parts of the coin. Speedy
OK...I'll wait and see but I'm sure that its not...circulated coins (such as P's and D's) aren't proof...and proof coins are where you will find CAMEO. Speedy
This isn't always the case, as you can see by the definition given by PCGS; Cameo The term applied to coins, usually Proofs and prooflike coins, that have frosted devices and lettering that contrast with the fields. When this is deep the coins are said to be “black and white” cameos. Occasionally frosty coins have “cameo” devices though they obviously do not contrast as dramatically with the fields as the cameo devices of Proofs do. Specifically applied by PCGS to those 1950 and later Proofs that meet cameo standards (CAM). The word "usually" is the key here and gives them the wiggle room they need to include other coins besides just proofs. The prooflike coin could also be something other than a proof coin. Maybe this will help. So Yes, steelteddybear you could have a prooflike cent with cameo finish.
I would disagree there...coins can have CAMEO and be minted before 1950...as the quote says...Specifically applied by PCGS to those 1950 and later Proofs Ok...so lets say there is a chance that it does have CAMEO...but OldDan...have you ever seen a 1976-P CAMEO coin...or any other circulating coin that has been in circulating for about 30 years (that is if it wasn't in a collection)? And also...what are the chances of this really being CAMEO...I seem to think that they are slim...very slim. Speedy
Thats a nice BU cent...it looks to be lightly circulated but it might just be the scan...as for CAMEO....I stand by what I said before...you just ain't going to find a business strike coin in change that has Proof-like look or one that would grade CAMEO. Speedy
