Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3191712, member: 19463&quot;]I agree, good start.&nbsp; I suspect you were using automatic exposure but the small coins and large black area caused the coins to be too light.&nbsp; Try manual exposure and shoot a series of exposures until you get one that looks right.&nbsp; In photo circles there is a practice called &#039;Chimping&#039; where you shoot a photo and then review it on the screen before shooting another.&nbsp; This is frowned upon for most photos but works well for coins.&nbsp; The coin is stationary.&nbsp; The lights are fixed.&nbsp; Shoot, review, adjust, repeat.&nbsp; Some cameras allow a live view before you shoot that will show the brightness accurately without taking a photo but there is nothing lost in shooting and throwing away several attempts.&nbsp; It is not like it was when film cost money.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going to shoot tiny coins, you need a smaller support than that CDR spindle.&nbsp; I have a series of sizes made from various items.&nbsp; My most used now (second from left) is a cheap ball point pen tube that had a soft grip which I pulled up over he normal place giving a soft coin support.&nbsp; These various sizes fit over a steel rod (third from left)set into my wooden base as needed.&nbsp; I even have one that is hollow for shooting Chinese cash so you can see no background in the hole.&nbsp; Three are shown here on a rack used to hold the ones not in use at the moment. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]824150[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In any kind of photography, you need to shoot a lot of bad photos to learn how to make a higher percentage of good ones.&nbsp; The makers of phones and cheap cameras count on you having low standards and believing their auto settings are all you need.&nbsp; That old Canon Digital Rebel is capable of good photos.&nbsp; I used one for a long time after I bought my better Canon for other photos.&nbsp; Later I decided I was being lazy and should shoot coins with my best camera even though the old one was quite sufficient for 99% of uses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in