How do you take pictures of your coins?

dipset512

For those of you who take pictures of your coins, how do you do it? I use the below 4K microscope (Elikliv Autofocus 4K Digital Microscope EM4K-AF) and below is a sample image. Curious to see what others are shooting with.

MsMorrisine

is the coin that golden?

i used a camera with macro lens

johnny9434

Love the 1 cent piece (nothing big here just a cell phone thingy)

Swampboy

ooops
I forgot, someone else took that cent pic
Here's one

Canon Rebel
105 Macro lens
Copystand
2 gooseneck incandescents

dipset512

@MsMorrisine said:
is the coin that golden?

i used a camera with macro lens

Yep, I didn't adjust any settings on that one.

OAKSTAR

Good enough for what I use it for.

BillJones

I use a camera on the macro setting. Raw items are a snap to photograph; certified pieces, especially medals in the big slabs, can be difficult.

The concept is intriguing UNLESS IT IS TIED TO A COMPUTER ON THE INTERNET. I have wasted hundreds of dollars on now useless cameras which are tied to computers which get to Internet updates. Just about every time the software company has an update, the camera is toast. I have two cameras for which I spent $600 which are totally useless after having taken very few pictures. I might as well throw them in the garbage. They are useless.

Mr_Spud

iPhone 12 Pro

yosclimber

I use a Canon T2i with a 100mm macro lens (I bought both of them used), and a solid Kaiser copy stand that I managed to find on craigslist.

I tried a USB microscope a few years ago, which was inexpensive, but it had these problems:

• no way to adjust white balance; the colors were way off
• built in LED light ring made it difficult to adjust light angles to avoid glare or highlight raised die cracks
• sensor size was rather small relative to my camera. With my camera I can take one 3300 x 3300 shot of a half dime and later zoom in to see tiny details in any part of the coin

GuzziSport

1. Find some light.
2. Get my phone out of my pocket.
3. Hold the coin in my hand or put it on a counter of some sort.
4. Focus the camera and click the pic
5. Apologize with each and every post that my pictures suck, for reasons stated in 1- 4 above.

Eldorado9

I use @FlyingAl photography.

lermish

@Eldorado9 said:
I use @FlyingAl photography.

I look at @FlyingAl 's photography many times a day, everyday.

mrcommem

I use a Sony Nex 5n with a Minolta bellows and a f2.0 50mm Minolta lens with copystand of course.

pursuitofliberty

Copy stand set up
Older Nikon D3500 body
Sigma 105mm Macro
Two Halogen Par-30's at about 2:30 and 9:30 on swivel heads
Face of bulbs and face of lense approx. same distance from coin, with the lights fairly close in to the lense body

Sometimes it is important to make minor adjustments to the angle of the lightbulbs a little to get the light to fall on the coin surfaces correctly.

Occasionally I use a third light at 6 o'clock, but it is usually not necessary.

These were all two lamps