Featured Coin Photography: Lens Commentary using Nikon D7000

@geekpryde .......actually, this was the thread that makes more sense to me today than it did a year ago.

My initial efforts with the 105mm were rather disappointing and, lacking the time or the initiative (grand jury service for the last month), I hung it all up for awhile and employed the point and shoot for all of my coin photos. Today was my first effort at really acquainting myself with the lens and the camera (D810) with regard to coin photography. Between the lens and the camera you get a combined weight of about 4.5 pounds so there is no way you can shoot closeup and hold the camera steady....that's why God gave us tripods. Here are a few shots that I'm not absolutely totally satisfied with, but it's a beginning. Gonna have to play more with settings I suppose. Anywho, I took Geekprydes' advice and set the camera to aperture mode with an ISO of 100. I also used 'trueview' and auto focus (which I'm told you shouldn't do) and came up with these..........









Tad overexposed, I know, but better than my first efforts a few weeks ago. No lights employed. Only existing light.





I do better with larger coins. Dimes and reverse proof coins confound me........

 

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Nice dang!!!

 

No they don't...they suck! I'm expecting, endeavoring , for much better. For one thing, the existing light source is the dinning room window. Also, lots of colored objects in the room, lending to the nature of the final photo.

As for 'tethered', I've looked into that. Better than true view? I'm guessing yeah.

 

Part of me really likes the reflected light from shiny coins showing as black - especially with coins like the Chinese pandas. But I know it is not real. Good light / light management is the way forward for me.