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<p>[QUOTE="Dj Shift, post: 1730078, member: 50289"]I need some help with the photography part of collecting. I always thought this couldn't possibly be hard to do but I was wrong. I've tried like 15 times with different coins in different locations and I just can't manage to get it like some of the other photos I've been seeing on places like Ebay. I've tried lamps, flashlights, camera flash with all different fills, long exposure, natural sunlight, everything and I just can't seem to show luster, toning, or detail. Right now I'm using a 24 MP Nikon D3200 with a tripod, black sheet of cardboard, and an 18-55 lens. I want my photos to look something like this; <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F330939725242%3FssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT%26_trksid%3Dp3984.m1438.l2649" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F330939725242%3FssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT%26_trksid%3Dp3984.m1438.l2649" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/330939725242?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649</a> or this; <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F300921861070%3FssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT%26_trksid%3Dp3984.m1438.l2649" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F300921861070%3FssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT%26_trksid%3Dp3984.m1438.l2649" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/300921861070?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649</a> but all I can get is what's attached. Can you guys please post your set-up or help me out with what I'll need to do. Should I buy some sort of stand, some sort of light, a new Hasselblad H4D 200MS? Or should I just have NGC take the photos for me? By the way, this coin just came in the mail today, I wish I could actually get the toning to show but that's the whole problem I'm having (the first two photos show the toning but I want the straight shots to.) It's a silver 2004 French St. Martin 1/4E Essai graded PF68 Ultra Cameo by NGC.</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]270002.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]270003.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]270004.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dj Shift, post: 1730078, member: 50289"]I need some help with the photography part of collecting. I always thought this couldn't possibly be hard to do but I was wrong. I've tried like 15 times with different coins in different locations and I just can't manage to get it like some of the other photos I've been seeing on places like Ebay. I've tried lamps, flashlights, camera flash with all different fills, long exposure, natural sunlight, everything and I just can't seem to show luster, toning, or detail. Right now I'm using a 24 MP Nikon D3200 with a tripod, black sheet of cardboard, and an 18-55 lens. I want my photos to look something like this; [URL="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F330939725242%3FssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT%26_trksid%3Dp3984.m1438.l2649"]http://www.ebay.com/itm/330939725242?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649[/URL] or this; [URL="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F300921861070%3FssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT%26_trksid%3Dp3984.m1438.l2649"]http://www.ebay.com/itm/300921861070?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649[/URL] but all I can get is what's attached. Can you guys please post your set-up or help me out with what I'll need to do. Should I buy some sort of stand, some sort of light, a new Hasselblad H4D 200MS? Or should I just have NGC take the photos for me? By the way, this coin just came in the mail today, I wish I could actually get the toning to show but that's the whole problem I'm having (the first two photos show the toning but I want the straight shots to.) It's a silver 2004 French St. Martin 1/4E Essai graded PF68 Ultra Cameo by NGC. [ATTACH]270002.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]270003.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]270004.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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