Hi guys, I have seen the sticky about how to post pics, but I cant seem to take a decent enough picture to put on here. I have seen some of the pictures you guys have put on here and you seem to have some really good pictures where you can see the details of the coin. With my digital camera, i cant seem to get any good detail into the shot. I have tried shooting from far away and zooming in, no good, very close and taking the shot, no good. Any advice?
It's trial and error. For instance look at my avatar. It is a close up of the KM#529 Mexican 500 Peso obverse. One of my favorite devices on world coins. The Eagle biting a snake, the Mexican National coat of arms. This shot was the best of about a dozen taken. A 10 power loupe was held tight against the camera lens. The zoom was adjusted in and out until the photo came into clear focus. The camera, a Kodak CX7330 was first put on the closeup setting which is a flower logo on the selector. The viewfinder was not used in this setting. Instead the shot is seen in the large window. Holding the camera with the loupe is no easy task. Move the whole assembly in and out to get a focus, then snap. Take a dozen or more shots of the same thing. Then pick the best one. Hope this helps. Good luck.
In order to get a good macro shot you need to have that feature on your digital camera, or have a macro lens on a digital camera...our use a QX5.... RickieB
You really need a macro setting on your camera if you don´t already have one. A great deal of light, but at an angle (not directly reflecting into the camera lens) helps. Even if the coin appears small in the viewfinder, blowing up the image in your computer may still show good detail. I´ve found that for silver coins natural light is much better at showing true color than artificial light. Also, if you wish to avoid having part of the coin out of focus, make sure the coin face is parallel to the camera lens. When taking pictures of coins your camera may be forced to use the lowest light setting, which means your in-focus field (or ´depth´) of view is very restricted.
