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<p>[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 7951188, member: 112852"]Somewhere on Cointalk there is a look at what low, high, and mid-range budgets will get you in terms of coin purchases. I'm hoping something similar can be done for photography, bearing in mind two factors:</p><p><br /></p><p>-cost of camera, equipment, and software; and</p><p><br /></p><p>-skillset with photo editing software</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm definitely at the lower end of both scales. The three coins below are probably about the best I can do, with the first being probably the best:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377519[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377540[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377539[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My method is as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>-using a tip I learned from a comment a while back by Doug Smit, I balance my phone on a glass--in my case a whisky tumbler. I lay the coin on a piece of paper under a hanging light on the kitchen counter.</p><p><br /></p><p>-I use my android phone, with its mediocre camera, to take a picture, with the zoom at 2x, moving the focus to where the coin is (not under my phone directly because there'd be too much shadow). Occasionally, I will use the manual mode on my phone and reduce the exposure.</p><p><br /></p><p>-I crop the picture using Google Photos</p><p><br /></p><p>-On my computer, I paste the image of each side of the coin into a Word file, and then take a snip of them together to paste here</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm hoping that people who know about coin photography--and there are many here--will be able to share some insights at different budgets and skillsets. The goal is that this page can then be a good resource for anyone who wants to learn to improve their coin photography. Thanks in advance to anyone who can share their insights.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 7951188, member: 112852"]Somewhere on Cointalk there is a look at what low, high, and mid-range budgets will get you in terms of coin purchases. I'm hoping something similar can be done for photography, bearing in mind two factors: -cost of camera, equipment, and software; and -skillset with photo editing software I'm definitely at the lower end of both scales. The three coins below are probably about the best I can do, with the first being probably the best: [ATTACH=full]1377519[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1377540[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1377539[/ATTACH] My method is as follows: -using a tip I learned from a comment a while back by Doug Smit, I balance my phone on a glass--in my case a whisky tumbler. I lay the coin on a piece of paper under a hanging light on the kitchen counter. -I use my android phone, with its mediocre camera, to take a picture, with the zoom at 2x, moving the focus to where the coin is (not under my phone directly because there'd be too much shadow). Occasionally, I will use the manual mode on my phone and reduce the exposure. -I crop the picture using Google Photos -On my computer, I paste the image of each side of the coin into a Word file, and then take a snip of them together to paste here I'm hoping that people who know about coin photography--and there are many here--will be able to share some insights at different budgets and skillsets. The goal is that this page can then be a good resource for anyone who wants to learn to improve their coin photography. Thanks in advance to anyone who can share their insights.[/QUOTE]
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