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<p>[QUOTE="Kaleun96, post: 5127578, member: 92635"]Sure, feel free to use it for your book! In terms of hardware/lighting - I put together a short video the other month that gives an overview of my setup, hopefully it answers some of your questions: <a href="https://streamable.com/tfdzvu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://streamable.com/tfdzvu" rel="nofollow">https://streamable.com/tfdzvu</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For coins I pretty much stick to using the Laowa 100mm f2.8 2x macro lens, which provides a lot of working distance (maybe ~20cm?) at 1x magnification so I have no trouble getting the lights in there. I also have a lot of other lenses that can provide more custom macro setups with either higher resolution (and lower working distance) or more magnification but it's often not worth bothering with those setups when the Laowa is a very good lens. These lenses are often "enlarger lenses" or from scanners or other industrial equipment so they're less user friendly and less flexible to different conditions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm always experimenting with my setup so <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/beiherhund/submitted/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reddit.com/user/beiherhund/submitted/" rel="nofollow">no two photos of mine</a> are ever quite the same but typically I use one off-camera flash from at an angle between 45-90 degrees depending on the coin. Sometimes a bit of diffusion gel as well, sometimes I also tilt the coin a little. At the moment I'm experimenting with axial illumination, which is a technique more popular with modern coin collectors but has some interesting advantages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting article btw! 2012 can almost be considered the heyday of digital photomacrography. I know people have been doing it for much longer on the internet but so much information has been shared since then thanks to those who were experimenting with all sorts of different lenses and setups at this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you still shooting macro photos of coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kaleun96, post: 5127578, member: 92635"]Sure, feel free to use it for your book! In terms of hardware/lighting - I put together a short video the other month that gives an overview of my setup, hopefully it answers some of your questions: [URL]https://streamable.com/tfdzvu[/URL] For coins I pretty much stick to using the Laowa 100mm f2.8 2x macro lens, which provides a lot of working distance (maybe ~20cm?) at 1x magnification so I have no trouble getting the lights in there. I also have a lot of other lenses that can provide more custom macro setups with either higher resolution (and lower working distance) or more magnification but it's often not worth bothering with those setups when the Laowa is a very good lens. These lenses are often "enlarger lenses" or from scanners or other industrial equipment so they're less user friendly and less flexible to different conditions. I'm always experimenting with my setup so [URL='https://www.reddit.com/user/beiherhund/submitted/']no two photos of mine[/URL] are ever quite the same but typically I use one off-camera flash from at an angle between 45-90 degrees depending on the coin. Sometimes a bit of diffusion gel as well, sometimes I also tilt the coin a little. At the moment I'm experimenting with axial illumination, which is a technique more popular with modern coin collectors but has some interesting advantages. Interesting article btw! 2012 can almost be considered the heyday of digital photomacrography. I know people have been doing it for much longer on the internet but so much information has been shared since then thanks to those who were experimenting with all sorts of different lenses and setups at this time. Are you still shooting macro photos of coins?[/QUOTE]
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