my new digital camera

TONEDDOLLARS

I'm still trying to get this picture thing down. Again much thanks to prooflike for his help.

nwcs

Looking pretty good. Another technique is to use indirect lighting (non-fluorescent) like the sun and then angle the camera to take the pic at the most reflective angle. I found that this gets a nice shot and minimizes the washed out areas -- the times I've tried it. And don't forget color correction! makes a big difference.

FC57Coins

Jack:

It's looking good! What I've done is set up two "Natural Light" lamps on either side of what my wife calls "the stage" and placed the coin in the middle with the light facing the coin, then I try to look for an angle which best shows the coin off, and take the picture from that angle. The trick is not to catch too much reflection. One trick that someone showed me on here is to turn on the camera with the lens cap on, and then take it off just before you take the picture. Apparantley in the few seconds that it takes for the light meter to adjust itself, it actually opens up more than it should and you can get more light into your pic that way. If I have a chance I'll post a couple of pics later.

Frank

keets

hey jack

looks like a good start. what's the make/model camera?

al h.

TONEDDOLLARS

Its a Cannon Power Shot S110 Digital Elph.

I know I need more work with the pictures. I'm just thrilled I learned how to load them on my posts.