Photographing silver coins.

Thanks Ron-S ... I appreciate the concern and I love ya for trying to nurse me down the photography-path ...

... but no, I don't try too hard ... I have tried turning the lights off in the basement, and then I've tried tweaking the lights on the micro-camera itself ... and then I usually pour myself a drink and I look around and I think to myself => this sucks (I hate photography)

... and then I snap a photo (oh, but I always end-up using the seller's photos, because those dudes have way more skilz in photo-land)

 

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Me too! I'd be lost if I didn't swipe the seller's pics when I buy off eBay.

 

Steve, all you need is one or two lamps and either a white or black background. The rest is really your camera settings. Make sure its set to macro and your ready, you may need to play around with the lights a little bit.

 

Don't buy any lights with other than Daylight balance. They still make 2700K bulbs for old people with nostalgia for when light bulbs had to be that color. There are some LED's with adjustable balance allowing 2700K to 5000K with the twist of a knob but I prefer lights with daylight as the only option.

The easiest light box is to shoot in a room with white walls and ceiling, lighting the whole room rather than just the coin. I shoot in a closet which is good enough for my standards. I am tempted to buy one of those not-cheap LED light panels sold for photo studio use but I can not see myself getting enough benefit out of it when small lights are so cheap and enough for coin use.