FSHO: Coin Macro Photo Setup-5: $440 - SOLD!

rmpsrpms · May 24, 2011 3:19PM

I've built a 5th Macro Setup. This latest setup is my most flexible and sharpest yet and has great color fidelity. The setup includes:

- Black Bausch & Lomb stand
- Pentax Auto-Bellows (M42 both ends)
- M42-M39 and M42-Nikon adapters
- Nikon 105mm Lens
- Axial Calibration Mirror
- 7mm, 14mm, and 27mm M42 extensions for added flexibility
- Your choice of black or silver finish LEDs, or none at all (subtract $40 from price)

As with my previous setups, I offer plenty of advice and setup consultation as part of the purchase. I love "talking macro" and will help in any way I
can to make sure the setup works properly for you.

Since this setup is more expensive than previous ones, I will offer a sort of "test drive" option: send me a coin to image for free, no obligation to buy.

Take a look at these previous setups and discussions to learn more about them:

Macro Setups 1 and 2 with Discussions
Macro Setup 3
Macro Setup 4
Lots more discussion on another forum

Here is a picture of the latest setup:

Here are pictures taken with this setup of the same Morgan Dollar
from previous setups:

Full View of Dollar

Magnified View of Dollar

rmpsrpms · May 27, 2011 9:39AM

As a test of this setup, I took photos with it for a 1956-D/D RPM#1 I'm selling on eBay. Only the obverse and reverse photos were done using this setup. The high magnification photo was done using my Bausch & Lomb MonoZoom7 setup.

Here's a link to the eBay auction:

1956-D/D RPM#1 on eBay

Anyway, here are the photos:

Obverse:

Reverse:

rmpsrpms · May 29, 2011 2:35PM

I've been using this setup to take eBay photos, and am still working on lighting adjustments. Lighting seems to be the toughest area to get right (whatever "right" is...) Here are two presentations of same coin. Both were taken with the two LED lamps but with different configurations.

FSHO: Coin Macro Photo Setup-5: $440 - SOLD!

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