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<p>[QUOTE="AnYangMan, post: 3867778, member: 87271"]Since [USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER] mentioned my setup, I might as well show some of my pictures taken with my rig! I became fed up with not being able to share my coins due to the horrible pictures I was taking, so my project this summer-break was finding a decent photography setup. While they are far from perfect (as almost all coin-photos tend to be), I do think they are at least somewhat decent and I am no longer ashamed of sharing my pictures <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. There has been no-post processing whatsoever on these image besides pasting them side by side and cutting away the excess black.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826780822_9ad84028f8_h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826243743_a5867b24a2_h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826770652_f750ecab89_h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826618496_67bb1a5f73_h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48951712328_d0ede69cdb_h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826771582_4a39114b06_h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>While I agree with the comments above that there are certainly coins that work better with this method (which is most likely gonna be medievals, since their ‘flat’ nature allows for lower aperture), to dismiss it entirely as an inferior method does not do it justice. I would argue that it is quite a versatile method that, with some minor adjustments, works quite well on all sorts of different coins! It just requires a fair bit of tweaking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ps. You sure that <i>penning </i>is from <i>Jan</i>? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AnYangMan, post: 3867778, member: 87271"]Since [USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER] mentioned my setup, I might as well show some of my pictures taken with my rig! I became fed up with not being able to share my coins due to the horrible pictures I was taking, so my project this summer-break was finding a decent photography setup. While they are far from perfect (as almost all coin-photos tend to be), I do think they are at least somewhat decent and I am no longer ashamed of sharing my pictures ;). There has been no-post processing whatsoever on these image besides pasting them side by side and cutting away the excess black. [IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826780822_9ad84028f8_h.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826243743_a5867b24a2_h.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826770652_f750ecab89_h.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826618496_67bb1a5f73_h.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48951712328_d0ede69cdb_h.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826771582_4a39114b06_h.jpg[/IMG] While I agree with the comments above that there are certainly coins that work better with this method (which is most likely gonna be medievals, since their ‘flat’ nature allows for lower aperture), to dismiss it entirely as an inferior method does not do it justice. I would argue that it is quite a versatile method that, with some minor adjustments, works quite well on all sorts of different coins! It just requires a fair bit of tweaking. Ps. You sure that [I]penning [/I]is from [I]Jan[/I]? ;)[/QUOTE]
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