All good advice, but real improvement won't come moving the camera, but rather with improving the quality and direction of light on the coin.
I'd be happy to help in what ever areas you are interested in improving, to get closer to the "in hand" look you desire. I have spend countless...
Lots of good advice above. As a professional coin photographer, I appreciate the journey and challenges to getting great coin images- to help,...
I've always loved the look of the 1966 10 Scilling Easter Rising coin. You mentioned you used axial lighting with it. I assume you had the glass...
It's not available anywhere, as far as I know. I made that rig myself, the result of experimenting with axial lighting over ten's of thousands of...
Thank you very much. Always appreciated.
- do you have suggestions for capturing the 'true' colour of a coin (i.e. standardize white balance?") Further to my earlier reply, this is a...
This image is right out of camera. [ATTACH] The white background appears greyish in the image because it’s underexposed. That is perfectly...
Sure can.. but I'm off to work at the studio, to photograph more coins, so my reply and images will have to wait.
I realized, as I reviewed earlier posts in this thread, I had already added those ancient images. My apologies. Didn't mean to repeat myself....
I do realize that, but the topic is coin photography and the techniques discussed apply to ancient coins, even if the images provided were more...
I shot these certified coin images using one indirect light above the coin, and second light below the coin. The slab was placed on a piece of...
this is the one I have. https://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/camera-lenses/af-s-vr-micro-nikkor-105mm-f%252f2.8g-if-ed.html
A Nikkor 105 2.8 Macro is a fantastic lens for coin photography. it is more expensive, but worth the money. I combine it with my D810 to capture...
Thank you for taking the time to reply and including your photos. I agree there is no correct way to photograph a coin. Numismatic photography,...
That is correct, though there is much more to it in practice. All the parts are adjustable, including the diffuser.
As a professional numismatic photographer, might I offer a few additions and clarifications to the comments above. First thing, a black piece of...
Thank you.
I'm in the process of making some tutorial videos on this subject. I'll post a link here. For the moment I suggest researching axial lighting. It...
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