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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2297841, member: 19463&quot;]I have said that cleaning and collecting are two different hobbies.&nbsp; There is another related hobby that I do instead of cleaning.&nbsp; That is coin photography.&nbsp; Tonight I got out a 40 year old lens and bellows and adapted it to my digital SLR to give a try at photos taken way too close for any sensible use.&nbsp; So far, I&#039;m not any better off than just cropping from a regular photo but yo can&#039;t advance if you don&#039;t take first steps.&nbsp; The equipment I found in a box allowed me to fill the frame with a 5mmx7mm section.&nbsp; The depth of field was close to zero.&nbsp; My rig was not as stable as I had hoped so I lost some sharpness to motion.&nbsp; These&nbsp; results will give me a lot of room for growth.</p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to splurge and spend $13 on a macro focusing rail which should make it easier to get sharpness where I want and could even allow trying focus stacks with this rig.&nbsp; I shot five coins I happen to have at hand - recent purchases not yet taken to the bank.&nbsp; It would help a lot to select better coins for this purpose.&nbsp; between now and New Years I plan to select a few sharper coins that might be good for this purpose.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One possible use for super close photos is a game we used to call Whatsits? where you take close photos and others try to guess what the subject was.&nbsp; It has been a while since I did this with friends as made obvious by the fact that one we did was the grooves on a record (ask your parents if you don&#039;t know the word).&nbsp;&nbsp; Can anyone recognize anything below?&nbsp; All are coins I have shown here in the last month or two.&nbsp; These are not cropped and show clipped corners&nbsp; which can happen when you use too many extension tubes. Sharpness is better on some than others but this is where I am as of the moment.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]461397[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461398[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461399[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461400[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461401[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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