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Photography tip for cameo proof coins
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What you hold over the coin has a great effect on how the cameos show up. In the first image something light colored was held over the coin and in the second image something dark was held over the image. Both images are helpful in determining the true nature of the coin. In one you can see the toning and in the other you can see if there is any haze and how the cameos look.
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i take a couple sheets of white paper,or i sheet of construction paper and punch a hole just big enough to fit over the OD of the camera lens snugly.
Do the same with black paper.
i get 2 totally different shots because of what is reflected back to the camera ?
<< <i>i get 2 totally different shots because of what is reflected back to the camera ? >>
I'm confused too. I thought you held the paper up to filter the light source.
Jonathan
i take a couple sheets of white paper,or i sheet of construction paper and punch a hole just big enough to fit over the OD of the camera lens snugly.
Do the same with black paper.
i get 2 totally different shots because of what is reflected back to the camera ?"
No. You shoot the coin at an angle. The camera doesn't see itself in the mirrors, it sees the black or white surface reflected in the mirrors. If you shoot the coin straight on (having the film plane parrallel to the coin, the camera sees only itself reflected by the coin. The trick is shooting the coin at an angle.
The top left hand point of the V is where you hold the camera. It's pointed at the bottom of the V. The bottom of the V is the coin. The top right hand point of the V is where you hold the black or white thingy. When you orient the coin correctly, the appearance of the black or white thingy is reflected off the surface of the coin and onto the film plane on the camera.
(Think of it like this. If you hold a mirror so that the surface of the mirror is parallel to the back of your eyeball, you will see yourself reflected in the mirror. As you tilt the mirror, you start to not see all of yourself in the mirror. If you continue to tilt the mirror, you will eventually not see yourself but you will see other things that are in the room with you. The back of your eyeball is the film plane of the camera, the mirror is the coin and you and the things in the room are the black or white thingies and the things in the room.)