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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1387847, member: 112&quot;]To be honest, all the gadgets in the world won&#039;t help much because the secret to good coin pics is not in the gadgets. The secret is in the coin, and you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Photography is nothing but the capturing of the refection of light, that&#039;s all it is. And everything reflects light. But everything reflects light differently. And since each coin is unique, each coin reflects light differently. That&#039;s where you come in.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have to be the one to determine what aspects, what qualities, of the coin, you are trying to show in the picture. And to do that all you have to do is change the angles. You have to experiment with various angles to find the specific angles that show the coin the way you want to show it.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are basically 3 things involved - the angle of the light to the coin, the angle of the reflected light to the camera, and the angle of the camera to the coin. Find the correct angles for your purposes and you will have the perfect picture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you can change the way things turn out with camera settings and lenses, but that&#039;s the easy part. Even an inexpensive camera that has a macro function can take great coin pics - if you get the angles right. And expensive and different lenses are not necessary because you can easily adjust how close the coin is to the camera. And that&#039;s all lenses do is adjust distance. Focus is dealt with by the macro function. And if you use the right kind of light bulbs, full spectrum bulbs, then you don&#039;t need to worry about things like white balance. So expensive cameras with all sorts of setting adjustments are simply not necessary.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some very basic rules you need to follow. </p><p><br /></p><p>1 - the right kind of light, full spectrum light. There are all kinds of bulbs that provide this. GE Reveal bulbs are one. They are inexpensive and readily available almost anywhere. And you need at least 2 lights.</p><p><br /></p><p>2 - no other light in the room where you are taking your pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>3 - knowing when to use direct light or diffused light. That will vary depending on what aspects of the coin you are trying to show.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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