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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 610029, member: 6647&quot;]Last weekend I see that a few CT members experimented with photographing coins. I did as well, I just got tired of my coin photos being so flat.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My old method was a tripod and a lot of daylight from multiple angles. The only real advantage to this is that I was usually able to capture the true colors (except for copper coins, which was hit and miss). But details and 3D were always lacking.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My new method is shooting straight down from the tripod, but using only a lamp. The light from the lamp is horizontal, but is reflected down onto the coin&#039;s surface via a piece of glass set at a 45 degree angle. That way I get light hitting the coin surface parallel to the camera shot. For highly reflective coins, I placed a tissue paper between lamp and glass. The only additional equipment I bought for this was a 5000k natural daylight bulb. The camera is high enough above the coin that I do not use the macro setting. All of this only works if all the settings are manual, allowing for tweaking of the aperture and focus as necessary.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here are three examples of coins shot by the two methods. I chose coins that all had to be treated differently due to their surface characteristics. Obviously there is plenty room for improvement, but its a start anyway.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Half cent old method:</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/Halfc_1851-old.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Half cent new method:</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/Halfc_1851.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Barber dime old method:</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/10c_1906D_BY01a-old.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Barber dime new method:</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/10c_1906D-BY01a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Peruvian 1 sol old method:</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/PER_1888_1sol-old.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Peruvian 1 sol new method:</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/PER_1888_1sol.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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