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Photographing Gold Coins

I'm trying to figure out the best way to get good quality photos of gold coins. What equipment would I need and what
technique should be used?
technique should be used?
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If raw, a black backdrop will make the coin look better. Usually you want 2 to 4 lamps lighting the coin at various angles. Just be sure not to overexpose. Use the macro mode of the digital camera. Set the white balance to the light source you are using. Should be all you need.
Oh, this won't help your photography skills, just,,, send them to me
09/07/2006
That GSA is a beautifu example of a MS coin
You can get some decent results with just about any of the cameras mentioned (Sony, Ricoh, Olympus, etc.). More important is probably going to be having the correct settings dialed in for your camera and the lighting/background you'll be using. Does your camera have different settings for natural versus incandescent versus florescent lighting? What about white balance settings? The same coin in a PCGS slab versus an NGC slab versus raw will look different if the picture is shot using the same settings.
There are some folks on here that can give you a lot of direction on your set-up but I've found a lot of what goes into getting a good picture is trial and a whole lot of error
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