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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;biged239, post: 1732131, member: 29948&quot;]I have been trying to take absolute coin pictures for more than two years. I have a brother that is 75 years old and has been a professional photographer since his early 20s. About six weeks ago I sent him a copy stand with lighting, Last week he called and said he still has not been able to get an absolute coin picture. He has 1000s of dollars in cameras, flash, tents, filters and stands. He has took gallery style pictures of crystal. He thought the same thing a lot of people thinks, that taking a coin picture is easy. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Taking a good coin picture is fairly easy, but taking a picture that looks like having the coin in hand is not.</p><p>&nbsp; I will challenge anyone (except for gbroke).&nbsp; Does the picture you take look like the coin in hand? Of course this would be an honor system type answer. There are more than a few members that post great coin pictures on this forum. I have not ever seen any of the coins in hand so I don’t know how close to the coin they are getting. I can only believe they are what the coin really is. But can you take that coin and lay it on the picture and they both look the same? </p><p>&nbsp; I have bought many coins from pictures from ebay and have never got a coin that was just like the picture, but close enough not to make a different in my opinion of buying the coin. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; So to answer the op, most setups shown in this thread are what is needed. But you will need to play for yourself with different things. Because every setup,&nbsp; lamps, stand, camera, and operator will produce different type pictures. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; I have been going to jewelry photo sites to get more education. If you google this it will give more information about camera settings. When they take pictures of diamonds they end up with the same problem we do with the mirror from the coin in a small confined area. </p><p>&nbsp; Thanks Biged[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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