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<p>[QUOTE="stoster38, post: 2306727, member: 11827"]I have an iMac and in the past, when I tried taking photos of my coins, I would use Adobe Photoshop Elements. It's basically a lighter version of Adobe Photoshop. I used a macro lens with a DLR camera, a photo/copy stand, & lights but I could never get great shots. I would get ok/decent shots. I had 2 lamps to help with lighting but probably needed a difuser? I think that's what it's called. </p><p><br /></p><p>Basically something to soften the light as it could be too much especially when taking photos of proof coins. I decided it wasn't worth all the time, I would have to spend, in order to become really good at coin photography. I do admire the people that have spent the time and learned to take great coin photos. It's definitely a labor of love.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the blurriness that happened to me when I used the camera shutter button to take the pic. What I did to get around this is to use the camera timer to take pics. Or if your camera has the option of attaching a remote control you can use that to take the pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the most part I just take photos with my iPhone. I use the photos to post online on CoinTalk or other coin groups I belong to. So the photos don't have to be super high quality. I'm satisfied with that. Just my two cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stoster38, post: 2306727, member: 11827"]I have an iMac and in the past, when I tried taking photos of my coins, I would use Adobe Photoshop Elements. It's basically a lighter version of Adobe Photoshop. I used a macro lens with a DLR camera, a photo/copy stand, & lights but I could never get great shots. I would get ok/decent shots. I had 2 lamps to help with lighting but probably needed a difuser? I think that's what it's called. Basically something to soften the light as it could be too much especially when taking photos of proof coins. I decided it wasn't worth all the time, I would have to spend, in order to become really good at coin photography. I do admire the people that have spent the time and learned to take great coin photos. It's definitely a labor of love. As for the blurriness that happened to me when I used the camera shutter button to take the pic. What I did to get around this is to use the camera timer to take pics. Or if your camera has the option of attaching a remote control you can use that to take the pics. For the most part I just take photos with my iPhone. I use the photos to post online on CoinTalk or other coin groups I belong to. So the photos don't have to be super high quality. I'm satisfied with that. Just my two cents.[/QUOTE]
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