What does a MILLION dollar coin photography set up look like?

I have absolutely no idea but I made this for free with stuff from around my house lol


Parts for my set up:
1. The sock covered ledge is where I put my phone.
-The two black knobs rotate to allow me to adjust my phone angle. I found those in a drawer.
2. The little flashlight was free from my bank and I glued/taped it to a curtain rod holder.
3. I cut a 2x4 into four little pieces and screwed it together.
4. I covered the bottom with a phone cleaning cloth.
5. The red thing I found in a drawer.

Here is a 1985 penny I shot with my set up.

I'm gonna take a few more and post the pictures, let me know what you think!

 

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A million dollar set-up? That's easy. Take $25,000 worth of camera equipment and put it in a $975,000 house.

Chris

 

I think I'm really liking the photograph but I can't make out your set up. Can you take more shots of your set up?

 

lol Right?! Its stupidly effective.

 

Hi again @LuxUnit - I edited my remark a bit - must have been at the same moment you replied to mine. I am wondering if you can please take some shots of your set up - how you have it, exactly and the different parts you described?

Thanks in advance.

 

No problem, Ill send you more images. One second.

 

Wow, very cool.


Thanks,
Jacob

 

The entire frame is fourpieces of a 2x4 that I cut and screwed together in a U shape. Three parts make a U, the fourth part is covered in a sock on the left in the original images. It is to hold my phone.

This is the flashlight taped to a U shaped bracket:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1S0J6NJOqbO4CyU0PsUKr1yLD1OToJ9AsIA
-this bracket is flexible and allows me to change the angle of the light hitting the coin.

The coins sit on a little T like a plastic golf tee that I hammered into the wood:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rvTbvRzKD1cCz-HfF4CyxhQ2IzrDZ6Kutg
-The tee is centered and under the light, the whole bottom block of 2x4 is covered in a black phone cleaning cloth.

This last image shows you the top view of where i would put my phone.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1njIagY3QmqG_v9wb_-m9dySOGP8oHNijWQ
- you can see if the phone goes on the arm it is directly above the coin.

 

The little black knobs arent necessary those just help me adjust the phone and keep it from falling off the sock covered arm.

 

Thanks man, im really proud of it haha

 

I like your set up. Thanks for sharing.

 

Thank you Mike! I finally can take pictures straight on that dont look aweful ha

 

Thanks, again. I am going to try this. What kind of phone are you using? That highfalutin iphone X?

Now, I can the curtain rod bracket! Yep! That will work and so what if we need to replace it once in a while after bending it back and forth? They are not expensive. I am sure I have at least a few of these in my hardware closet.

I see why the knobs or something sticking out is necessary to hold the phone so it can be overhanging where the coin is positioned below with falling down. Good!

Do you think this is mostly for night time shooting? I seem never to be taking photographs of my coins during the day.

So the light is hitting coin from an angle but should bathe whole surface of coin in light. The phone camera lens should extend out over the coin. Do I have that right?

I can not wait to try this. I have a little flashlight somewhere.

 

What size sock?

 

edited to retract

 

Should we wash it, first, before using it?

Chris

 

My setup consists of my iPhone, a Mardi Gras cup and a ceiling fan light. With some photoscape editing, this is about the best I can do. Not bad, but my ceiling fan lights have a yellow cast. @LuxUnit 49 to go.

 

Here's a good homebrew MacGyver setup by @Ike Skywalker. I've been wanting to make one similar but haven't yet. Still using this setup Darth?

https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=160092

 

Looks really good! You are pretty creative! Thanks for the idea!

 

A million-dollar imaging setup is roughly four thousand different members with the ability to create perfect, professional imagery, added together.