Coin Photography - What do you think

I keep on trying different things to maximize the potential of my $100 'point and shoot' camera and my limited light setup.
How do you feel about these images? Overexposed? Needs lighting adjustment?
For the Morgans, I chose the ones with the most luster. Just to try and show the luster in the images.
Anyway, what do you think?

 

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Those are some fabulous shots Greg.

 

Nice Images!

 

Nice Images!

 

I for one would love to know your setup!! ..........please?

 

me too!

 

Very nice indeed.

 

Came out great..how did you get a 100 dollar camera to do macro so well...I can't get mine to do that lol

 

theyre good but some get too dark at the bottom. the morgans really stand out and i know its not the toning.

 

How do you get the pics like that, with the black

 

green did A nice tutorial to accomplish this:
http://www.cointalk.com/t175157/

 

I agree, I think one more light is needed to light up the bottoms of the coins. On a couple of those morgans, there is very colorful toning all around the rims, and near the bootm. Those are appearing dark in my images.
I will keep trying. Toning and luster is very difficult for me.

 

Well Irish, my setup is very basic.
These were taken on my kitchen island on the counter. I have 3 overhead lights shining down on the counter, and I put a stand alone lamp next to the counter, shining across the surcface. Thats it. Nothing fancy. The key is really getting to know your camera and its settings.

 

Very nice images! Other than a couple of the images getting a little dark in areas, these are great. Not to mention highly reflective coins are much more difficult to image than non-reflective coins. You've truly pushed your point and shoot to its outer limits; nice work.

-LTB

 

Did you use a coin stand to hold the coin up? ....like one of those plastic ones?
Also, did you hold the camera free-handed or use a stand?
Thanks,

 

I held the camera in my hand, the coins are placed on a white cloth on top of a Dansco. So they are at a little bit of an angle because of the Dansco album. The camera lens was probably around 3"-5" away from the coin. macro, no zoom, no flash, and manual settings on the white balance. I would take about 10 images of each side while changing my camera angle slighty each time. The smallest change in the camera angle will show very different details of the coin, especially when luster or toning is present.

 

What type of camera do u have? I need one like that.

 

Its a GE A1050. Very inexpensive.

 

Yeah Ill just stick with my disposable camera I got last Xmas